.\" @(#)kill.3f 1.3 86/01/02 SMI; from UCB 4.2 .TH KILL 3F "23 March 1998" .SH NAME kill \- send a signal to a process .SH SYNOPSIS .\" .IX kill "" \fLkill\fP .IX "send signal to process, kill" "" "send signal to process, \fLkill\fP" .IX "signal a process, kill" "" "signal a process, \fLkill\fP" .IX process "send signal to, kill" "" "send signal to, \fLkill\fP" .\" .B function kill (pid, signum) .br .B integer pid, signum .SH DESCRIPTION The argument .B pid must be the process id of one of the user's processes. .PP The argument .B signum must be a valid signal number. See .BR signal (3). .PP The returned value is 0 if successful, an error code otherwise. .PP This function merely sends a signal to a process; it does not necessarily kill the process. .SH FILES .B libF77.a .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR kill (2), .BR signal (3), .BR signal (3F), .BR fork (3F), .BR perror (3F)