KILL (The GNU Fortran Compiler) (original) (raw)


8.164 KILL — Send a signal to a process

Synopsis:

CALL KILL(PID, SIG [, STATUS])
STATUS = KILL(PID, SIG)

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.

Class:

Subroutine, function

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 ofpid. Returns 0 on success; otherwise a system-specific error code is returned.

Standard:

GNU extension

See also:

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