HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 2 System Calls (vol 5)

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kill(2) kill(2)
[EINVAL] sig is neither a valid signal number nor zero.
APPLICATION USAGE
Threads Considerations
kill() can be used to post signals to another process but cannot be used to post signals to a specific
thread in another process. For information on posting signals to specific threads within the same process,
see pthread_kill(3T).
LWP (Lightweight Processes) Considerations
Signals cannot be posted to specific LWPs in another process.
AUTHOR
kill() was developed by HP, AT&T, and the University of California, Berkeley.
SEE ALSO
kill(1), getpid(2), setsid(2), signal(2), sigqueue(2), pthread_kill(3T), thread_safety(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
kill(): AES, SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, FIPS 151-2, POSIX.1
raise(): AES, SVID3, XPG4, ANSI C
Section 2−−130 Hewlett-Packard Company − 2 − HP-UX 11i Version 1: September 2005