kill - terminate process(es)

kill [-g] pid
kill [-g] module

Description

The kill command terminates the process (numeric argument) or module (non-numeric argument) by sending a kill string to the corresponding ctl file. Processes running a named module are identified by their status file.


-g	This option specifies that the message be killgrp, requesting that all processes in the process group (see pctl - process control in Chapter 8) be terminated.

Files

/prog/pid/ctl

/prog/pid/status

kill - terminate process(es)

Description

Files

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