kill (3f)

sends a signal to a process

Syntax

  integer*4 kill, ierrno, pid, signum
  external kill
  ierrno = kill ( pid, signum )

Description

  The kill function sends the signal signum to a process specified by the
  process number pid.

  The pid argument must be the process ID of one of the user's processes.
  The signum must must be a valid signal number (1 through 17).

Return Values

  The function returns zero if it is successful; otherwise, it returns an
  error code.

See Also

  kill(2), sigvec(2), fork(3f), perror(3f), signal(3f)