KILL — Send a signal to a process#

KILL(PID, SIG)#

Sends the signal specified by SIG to the process PID. See kill(2).

Parameters:

  • PID – Shall be a scalar INTEGER with INTENT(IN).

  • SIG – Shall be a scalar INTEGER with INTENT(IN).

  • STATUS – [Subroutine](Optional) Shall be a scalar INTEGER. Returns 0 on success; otherwise a system-specific error code is returned.

  • STATUS – [Function] The kind type parameter is that of pid. Returns 0 on success; otherwise a system-specific error code is returned.

Standard:

GNU extension

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine, function

Syntax:
CALL KILL(PID, SIG [, STATUS])
STATUS = KILL(PID, SIG)
See also:

ABORT — Abort the program, EXIT — Exit the program with status.