NAME

killpg - send a signal to a process group

 SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

int killpg(pid_t pgrp, int sig);

 DESCRIPTION

The killpg() function sends the signal specified by sig to the process group specified by pgrp.

If pgrp is greater than 1, killpg ( pgrp, sig ) is equivalent to kill ( -pgrp, sig ) If pgrp is less than or equal to 1, the behaviour of killpg() is undefined.

 RETURN VALUE

Refer to kill().

 ERRORS

Refer to kill().

 EXAMPLES

None.

 APPLICATION USAGE

None.

 FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

 SEE ALSO

getpgid(), getpid(), kill(), raise(), <signal.h>.