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NAME
       killpg — send a signal to a process group


SYNOPSIS
       #include <signal.h>

       int killpg(pid_t pgrp, int sig);


DESCRIPTION
       The killpg() function shall send the signal specified by sig to the process group specified by pgrp.

       If  pgrp  is  greater  than 1, killpg(pgrp, sig) shall be equivalent to kill(-pgrp, sig). If pgrp is less
       than or equal to 1, the behavior of killpg() is undefined.


RETURN VALUE
       Refer to kill().


ERRORS
       Refer to kill().

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
   Sending a Signal to All Other Members of a Process Group
       The following example shows how the calling process could send a signal  to  all  other  members  of  its
       process  group. To prevent itself from receiving the signal it first makes itself immune to the signal by
       ignoring it.

           #include <signal.h>
           #include <unistd.h>
           ...
               if (signal(SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN) == SIG_ERR)
                   /* Handle error */;

               if (killpg(getpgrp(), SIGUSR1) == -1)
                   /* Handle error */;"


APPLICATION USAGE
       None.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       getpgid(), getpid(), kill(), raise()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <signal.h>


       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for  Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical  and  Electronics
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