kill()
system call
Dont think that kill()
is to terminate a process only. It can send all kinds of signals.
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <signal.h>
int kill(pid_t pid, int sig);
The following code demonstrates the use of kill()
. Check the manual to see what SIGSEGV
is?
/* Signals/kill.c */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main(int argc,char *argv[])
{
printf("My PID: %d\n",getpid());
sleep(5);
kill(getpid(),SIGSEGV);
return 0;
}