RTEMS 4.7.0 On-Line Library

RTEMS POSIX API User's Guide

2.4.10: kill - Send a Signal to a Process

CALLING SEQUENCE:

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <signal.h>

int kill(
  pid_t pid,
  int   sig
);

STATUS CODES:

EINVAL

Invalid argument passed.

EPERM

Process does not have permission to send the signal to any receiving process.

ESRCH

The process indicated by the parameter pid is invalid.

DESCRIPTION:

This function sends the signal sig to the process pid.

NOTES:

NONE

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