KILLPG(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual KILLPG(3P)
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NAME
killpg -- send a signal to a process group
SYNOPSIS
#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().
ERRORS
Refer to kill().
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
Sending a Signal to All Other Members of a Process Group
The following example shows how the calling process could send a signal
to all other members of its process group. To prevent itself from
receiving the signal it first makes itself immune to the signal by
ignoring it.
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
...
if (signal(SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN) == SIG_ERR)
/* Handle error */;
if (killpg(getpgrp(), SIGUSR1) == -1)
/* Handle error */;"
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
getpgid(), getpid(), kill(), raise()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <signal.h>
COPYRIGHT
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
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POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
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