4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat1/kill.0

KILL(1)                                                                KILL(1)


NAME
       kill - terminate a process with extreme prejudice

SYNOPSIS
       kill [ -sig ] processid ...
       kill -l

DESCRIPTION
       Kill  sends the TERM (terminate, 15) signal to the specified processes.
       If a signal name or number preceded by ‘-’ is given as first  argument,
       that  signal  is sent instead of terminate (see sigvec(2)).  The signal
       names are listed by ‘kill -l’, and are as  given  in  /usr/include/sig���
       nal.h, stripped of the common SIG prefix.

       The  terminate signal will kill processes that do not catch the signal;
       ‘kill -9 ...’ is a sure kill, as the KILL (9) signal cannot be  caught.
       By  convention,  if  process  number 0 is specified, all members in the
       process group (i.e. processes resulting from  the  current  login)  are
       signaled  (but beware: this works only if you use sh(1); not if you use
       csh(1).)  Negative process numbers  also  have  special  meanings;  see
       kill(2) for details.

       The  killed  processes must belong to the current user unless he is the
       super-user.

       The process number of an  asynchronous  process  started  with  ‘&’  is
       reported  by  the  shell.   Process  numbers can also be found by using
       ps(1).  Kill is a built-in to csh(1); it allows job specifiers  of  the
       form  ‘‘%...’’  as  arguments  so process id’s are not as often used as
       kill arguments.  See csh(1) for details.

SEE ALSO
       csh(1), ps(1), kill(2), sigvec(2)

BUGS
       A replacement for ‘‘kill 0’’ for csh(1) users should be provided.


4th Berkeley Distribution       April 20, 1986                         KILL(1)