pvm_kill - Terminates a specified PVM process.

Calling Sequence

[infos] = pvm_kill(tids)

Parameters

• tids : row of integer, task identifier of the PVM process to be killed (not yourself).
• infos : row of integer, status code returned by the routine. Values less than zero indicate an error.

Description

pvm_kill sends a terminate (SIGTERM) signal to the PVM process identified by tids.

In the case of multiprocessors the terminate signal is replaced with a host dependent method for killing a process.

The array infos can be checked to determine the status for each process. Values less than zero indicate an error, while zero values indicate a success.

pvm_kill is not designed to kill the calling process. To kill yourself in C call pvm_exit() followed by quit().

Examples

info = pvm_kill(262153)
 

See Also

pvm_exit