NAME

killpg — send a signal to a process group

SYNOPSIS

[XSI]
#include <signal.h>

int killpg(pid_t pgrp, int sig);

DESCRIPTION

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

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

RETURN VALUE

Refer to kill(3) .

ERRORS

Refer to kill(3) .

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

getpgid(3) , getpid(3) , kill(3) , raise(3) , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), <signal.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4, Version 2.

Issue 5

Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.

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