8.163 KILL — Send a signal to a process

Description:

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.

Standard:

GNU extension

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine, function

Syntax:
CALL KILL(PID, SIG [, STATUS])
STATUS = KILL(PID, SIG)
Arguments:
PIDShall be a scalar INTEGER with INTENT(IN).
SIGShall 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 — Abort the program,
EXIT — Exit the program with status.