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9.163 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