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<refentry id="function.posix-kill">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>posix_kill</refname>
  <refpurpose>Send a signal to a process</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>posix_kill</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>pid</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>sig</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Send the signal <parameter>sig</parameter> to the process with
   the process identifier <parameter>pid</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>pid</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The process identifier.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>sig</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       One of the <link linkend="pcntl.constants">PCNTL signals constants</link>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member>
     The kill(2) manual page of your POSIX system, which contains additional
     information about negative process identifiers, the special pid 0, the
     special pid -1, and the signal number 0.
    </member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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