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32.\" @(#)killpg.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/2/93
33.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/compat-43/killpg.2,v 1.12 2002/12/19 09:40:21 ru Exp $
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35.Dd June 2, 1993
36.Dt KILLPG 2
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm killpg
40.Nd send signal to a process group
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In signal.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn killpg "pid_t pgrp" "int sig"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn killpg
50function
51sends the signal
52.Fa sig
53to the process group
54.Fa pgrp .
55See
56.Xr sigaction 2
57for a list of signals.
58If
59.Fa pgrp
60is 0,
61.Fn killpg
62sends the signal to the sending process's process group.
63.Pp
64The sending process and members of the process group must
65have the same effective user ID, or
66the sender must be the super-user.
67As a single special case the continue signal SIGCONT may be sent
68to any process that is a descendant of the current process.
69.Sh RETURN VALUES
70.Rv -std killpg
71.Sh ERRORS
72The
73.Fn killpg
74function
75will fail and no signal will be sent if:
76.Bl -tag -width Er
77.It Bq Er EINVAL
78The
79.Fa sig
80argument
81is not a valid signal number.
82.It Bq Er EPERM
83The sending process is not the super-user and one or more
84of the target processes has an effective user ID different from that
85of the sending process.
86.It Bq Er ESRCH
87No process can be found in the process group specified by
88.Fa pgrp .
89.It Bq Er ESRCH
90The process group was given as 0
91but the sending process does not have a process group.
92.El
93.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
94.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
95.Fd #include <signal.h>
96.Pp
97The include file
98.In sys/types.h
99is necessary.
100.Sh SEE ALSO
101.Xr getpgrp 2 ,
102.Xr kill 2 ,
103.Xr sigaction 2 ,
104.Xr compat 5
105.Sh HISTORY
106The
107.Fn killpg
108function appeared in
109.Bx 4.0 .