killpg shell command 4683
On 2005-09-08, Keith Keller
Who said anything about command names?
-n where n is larger than 1. All processes in process group n are signaled. When an argument of the form `-n' is given, and it is meant to denote a process group, either the signal must be specified first, or the argument must be preceded by a `--' option, otherwise it will be taken as the signal to send.
In my continuing effort to make my SUSE v9.3 servicable, I looked today at Kaddressbook. I have two questions, which I have not been able to answer for myself by reading through...
It should be noted that kill is a built-in command in bash, and may not support all the features of the external command. To invoke the
That is generally good advice, although most distros use the same commands. The version of a command (usually obtainable with the --version option) may, however, be important.
killpg IS part of Linux; try man killpg:
KILLPG(3) Linux Programmer's Manual KILLPG(3)
NAME killpg - send signal to all members of a process group.
SYNOPSIS
You're taking things to literally. Please think back to algebra, where we learned the concept of a letter...
int killpg(pidt pidgrp, int signal);
DESCRIPTION The killpg() function causes signal signal to be sent to all the pro- cesses in the process group pidgrp or to the processes' own process group if pidgrp is equal to zero.
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