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<H1>KILLPG</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
killpg - send signal to a process group
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/signal.h">signal.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<B>int killpg(int </B><I>pgrp</I><B>, int </B><I>sig</I><B>);</B>
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+feature_test_macros">feature_test_macros</A></B>(7)):
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<DT id="1"><B>killpg</B>():
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_XOPEN_SOURCE&nbsp;&gt;=&nbsp;500
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;/*&nbsp;Since&nbsp;glibc&nbsp;2.19:&nbsp;*/&nbsp;_DEFAULT_SOURCE
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;/*&nbsp;Glibc&nbsp;versions&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;2.19:&nbsp;*/&nbsp;_BSD_SOURCE
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<B>killpg</B>()
sends the signal
<I>sig</I>
to the process group
<I>pgrp</I>.
See
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+signal">signal</A></B>(7)
for a list of signals.
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If
<I>pgrp</I>
is 0,
<B>killpg</B>()
sends the signal to the calling process's process group.
(POSIX says: if
<I>pgrp</I>
is less than or equal to 1, the behavior is undefined.)
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For the permissions required to send a signal to another process, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+kill">kill</A></B>(2).
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
On success, zero is returned.
On error, -1 is returned, and
<I>errno</I>
is set appropriately.
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
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<DT id="2"><B>EINVAL</B>
<DD>
<I>sig</I>
is not a valid signal number.
<DT id="3"><B>EPERM</B>
<DD>
The process does not have permission to send the signal
to any of the target processes.
For the required permissions, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+kill">kill</A></B>(2).
<DT id="4"><B>ESRCH</B>
<DD>
No process can be found in the process group specified by
<I>pgrp</I>.
<DT id="5"><B>ESRCH</B>
<DD>
The process group was given as 0 but the sending process does not
have a process group.
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.4BSD
(<B>killpg</B>()
first appeared in 4BSD).
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
There are various differences between the permission checking
in BSD-type systems and System&nbsp;V-type systems.
See the POSIX rationale for
<B>kill</B>().
A difference not mentioned by POSIX concerns the return
value
<B>EPERM</B>:
BSD documents that no signal is sent and
<B>EPERM</B>
returned when the permission check failed for at least one target process,
while POSIX documents
<B>EPERM</B>
only when the permission check failed for all target processes.
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<H3>C library/kernel differences</H3>
On Linux,
<B>killpg</B>()
is implemented as a library function that makes the call
<I>kill(-pgrp,&nbsp;sig)</I>.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+getpgrp">getpgrp</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+kill">kill</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+signal">signal</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+capabilities">capabilities</A></B>(7),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+credentials">credentials</A></B>(7)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
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<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAI">C library/kernel differences</A><DD>
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<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAJ">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAK">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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