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  <refentry id="function.posix-kill">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>posix_kill</refname>
    <refpurpose>Send a signal to a process</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <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>. Returns &false;,
     if unable to send the signal, &true; otherwise.
    </para>
    <para>
     See also 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.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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