NAME

killpg — send a signal to a process group

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

int killpg(pid_t pgrp, int sig);

DESCRIPTION

The killpg() function sends the signal specified by sig to the process group specified by pgrp .

If pgrp is greater than 1, killpg ( pgrp, sig ) is equivalent to kill ( -pgrp, sig ) If pgrp is less than or equal to 1, the behaviour of killpg() is undefined.

RETURN VALUE

Refer to kill(3) .

ERRORS

Refer to kill(3) .

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

getpgid(3) , getpid(3) , kill(3) , raise(3) , <signal.h> .