The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2003 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

NAME

killpg - send a signal to a process group

SYNOPSIS

[XSI] [Option Start] #include <signal.h>

int killpg(pid_t
pgrp, int sig); [Option End]

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(pgrpsig) shall be equivalent to kill(-pgrpsig). 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

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

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

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4, Version 2.

Issue 5

Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.

End of informative text.


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