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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man3/killpg.3 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/killpg.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/killpg.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..712953bc --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/killpg.3 @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $OpenBSD: killpg.3,v 1.14 2017/05/07 21:19:29 millert Exp $ +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 7 2017 $ +.Dt KILLPG 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm killpg +.Nd send signal to a process group +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In signal.h +.Ft int +.Fn killpg "pid_t pgrp" "int sig" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn killpg +function sends the signal +.Fa sig +to the process group +.Fa pgrp . +See +.Xr sigaction 2 +for a list of signals. +If +.Fa pgrp +is 0, +.Fn killpg +sends the signal to the sending process's process group. +.Pp +The sending process and members of the process group must +have the same effective user ID, or +the sender must be the superuser. +As a single special case the continue signal SIGCONT may be sent +to any process with the same session ID as the caller. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Rv -std +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn killpg +will fail and no signal will be sent if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +.Fa sig +is not a valid signal number. +.It Bq Er ESRCH +No process can be found in the process group specified by +.Fa pgrp . +.It Bq Er ESRCH +The process group was given as 0 +but the sending process does not have a process group. +.It Bq Er EPERM +The sending process is not the superuser and one or more +of the target processes has an effective user ID different from that +of the sending process. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getpgrp 2 , +.Xr kill 2 , +.Xr sigaction 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn killpg +function conforms to the X/Open System Interfaces option of the +.St -p1003.1-2008 +specification. +.Pp +The handling of process group 0 is an extension to that standard. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn killpg +function call appeared in +.Bx 4.0 . |
