4.3BSD-Reno/share/man/cat2/killpg.0
KILLPG(2) 1986 KILLPG(2)
NNAAMMEE
killpg - send signal to a process group
SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
kkiillllppgg((ppggrrpp,, ssiigg))
iinntt ppggrrpp,, ssiigg;;
DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
_K_i_l_l_p_g sends the signal _s_i_g to the process group _p_g_r_p. See
_s_i_g_v_e_c(2) for a list of signals.
The sending process and members of the process group must
have the same effective user ID, or the sender must be the
super-user. As a single special case the continue signal
SIGCONT may be sent to any process that is a descendant of
the current process.
RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEE
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Oth-
erwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global variable
_e_r_r_n_o is set to indicate the error.
EERRRROORRSS
_K_i_l_l_p_g will fail and no signal will be sent if any of the
following occur:
[EINVAL] _S_i_g is not a valid signal number.
[ESRCH] No process can be found in the process group
specified by _p_g_r_p.
[ESRCH] The process group was given as 0 but the
sending process does not have a process
group.
[EPERM] The sending process is not the super-user and
one or more of the target processes has an
effective user ID different from that of the
sending process.
SSEEEE AALLSSOO
kill(2), getpgrp(2), sigvec(2)
Printed 7/27/90 May 1