killpg(3BSD)         (BSD System Compatibility)         killpg(3BSD)


       NAME
             killpg - (BSD) send signal to a process group

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/ucb/cc [flag . . . ] file . . .
             int killpg(int pgrp, int sig);

       DESCRIPTION
             killpg sends the signal sig to the process group pgrp.  See
             sigvec(3BSD) for a list of signals.

             The real or effective user ID of the sending process must
             match the real or saved set-user ID of the receiving process,
             unless the effective user ID of the sending process is the
             privileged user.  A single exception is the signal SIGCONT,
             which may always be sent to any descendant of the current
             process.

       RETURN VALUE
             Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
             Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global variable
             errno is set to indicate the error.

       ERRORS
             killpg will fail and no signal will be sent if any of the
             following occur:

             EINVAL         sig is not a valid signal number.

             ESRCH          No processes were found in the specified
                            process group.

             EPERM          The effective user ID of the sending process is
                            not privileged user, and neither its real nor
                            effective user ID matches the real or saved
                            set-user ID of one or more of the target
                            processes.

       REFERENCES
             kill(2), setpgrp(2), sigaction(2), sigvec(3BSD)








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