killpg(3)

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NAME

6       killpg - send signal to a process group
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <signal.h>
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11       int killpg(int pgrp, int sig);
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13   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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15       killpg():
16           _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
17               || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
18               || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

21       killpg() sends the signal sig to the process group pgrp.  See signal(7)
22       for a list of signals.
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24       If pgrp is 0, killpg()  sends  the  signal  to  the  calling  process's
25       process  group.   (POSIX  says: if pgrp is less than or equal to 1, the
26       behavior is undefined.)
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28       For the permissions required to send a signal to another  process,  see
29       kill(2).
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RETURN VALUE

32       On  success,  zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is
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ERRORS

36       EINVAL sig is not a valid signal number.
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38       EPERM  The process does not have permission to send the signal  to  any
39              of  the  target  processes.   For  the required permissions, see
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42       ESRCH  No process can be found in the process group specified by pgrp.
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44       ESRCH  The process group was given as 0 but the  sending  process  does
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CONFORMING TO

48       POSIX.1-2001,  POSIX.1-2008,  SVr4,  4.4BSD (killpg() first appeared in
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NOTES

52       There are various differences between the permission checking  in  BSD-
53       type  systems  and  System V-type systems.  See the POSIX rationale for
54       kill().  A difference not mentioned by POSIX concerns the return  value
55       EPERM: BSD documents that no signal is sent and EPERM returned when the
56       permission check failed for at least one target  process,  while  POSIX
57       documents  EPERM  only  when the permission check failed for all target
58       processes.
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60   C library/kernel differences
61       On Linux, killpg() is implemented as a library function that makes  the
62       call kill(-pgrp, sig).
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