KILLPG(3P)

PROLOG
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NAME
killpg — send a signal to a process group

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

int killpg(pid_t pgrp, int sig);

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(pgrp, sig) shall be equivalent to kill(-pgrp, sig). 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

  Sending a Signal to All Other Members of a Process Group

The following example shows how the calling process could send a signal to all other members of its process group. To prevent itself from receiving the signal it first makes itself immune to the signal by ignoring it.

    #include <signal.h>
    #include <unistd.h>
    ...
        if (signal(SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN) == SIG_ERR)
            /* Handle error */;

        if (killpg(getpgrp(), SIGUSR1) == -1)
            /* Handle error */;"

APPLICATION USAGE
None.

RATIONALE
None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.

SEE ALSO
getpgid(), getpid(), kill(), raise()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <signal.h>

COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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