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2TGKILL(2)                  Linux Programmer's Guide                  TGKILL(2)
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NAME

7       tgkill - Send signal sig to one specific thread, tgid
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SYNOPSIS

10       long sys_tgkill (int tgid, int pid, int sig);
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DESCRIPTION

14       Same  as tkill(pid,sig), but only sends the signal if the target thread
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RETURN VALUE

20       tgkill  returns  0 on success; otherwise, tgkill returns one of the er‐
21       rors listed in the "Errors" section.
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ERRORS

25       -EINVAL
26              tgkill returns this error if pid or tgid  are  less  than  zero.
27              This call is only valid for single tasks.
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30       -ESRCH This  error  is  returned if pid exists but no longer belongs to
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SEE ALSO

35       tkill(2), kill(2)
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AUTHOR

40       Niki Rahimi
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44Linux 2.6                        2004-March-12                       TGKILL(2)
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