Portability Function: Sends a signal to the process given by ID.
Module: USE DFPORT
Syntax
Results:
The result is of type INTEGER(4). The result is zero if the call was successful; otherwise, an error code. Possible error codes are:
Arbitrary signals can be sent only to the calling process (where pid = getpid( )). Other processes can send only the SIGKILL signal (signum = 9), and only if the calling process has permission.
Compatibility
CONSOLE STANDARD GRAPHICS QUICKWIN GRAPHICS WINDOWS DLL LIB
See Also: RAISEQQ, SIGNALQQ, Portability Library
Example
USE DFPORT
integer(4) id_number, sig_val, istat
id_number=getpid( )
ISTAT = KILL (id_number, sig_val)