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1.1 ! root 1: .th KILL II 8/5/73 ! 2: .sh NAME ! 3: kill \*- send signal to a process ! 4: .sh SYNOPSIS ! 5: (kill = 37.; not in assembler) ! 6: .br ! 7: (process number in r0) ! 8: .br ! 9: .ft B ! 10: sys kill; sig ! 11: .ft R ! 12: .sh DESCRIPTION ! 13: .it Kill ! 14: sends the signal ! 15: .it sig ! 16: to the process specified by the ! 17: process number in r0. ! 18: See signal(II) for a list of signals. ! 19: .s3 ! 20: The sending and receiving processes must ! 21: have the same controlling typewriter, otherwise ! 22: this call is restricted to the super-user. ! 23: .sh "SEE ALSO" ! 24: signal(II), kill(I) ! 25: .sh DIAGNOSTICS ! 26: The error bit (c-bit) ! 27: is set if the process does not ! 28: have the same controlling typewriter and the ! 29: user is not super-user, or if the process ! 30: does not exist. ! 31: .sh BUGS ! 32: Equality between the controlling ! 33: typewriters of the sending and receiving process ! 34: is neither a necessary nor sufficient ! 35: condition for allowing the sending of a signal. ! 36: The correct condition is equality of user IDs.
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