9.161 KILL — Send a signal to a process

Description:

Standard:

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

This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit.

Class:

Subroutine, function

Syntax:

CALL KILL(PID, SIG [, STATUS])

STATUS = KILL(PID, SIG)

Arguments:

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.

See also:

ABORT, EXIT