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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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