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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
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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.
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Files
/prog/pid/ctl See Also
prog - interface to running programs in Chapter 2
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