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# posix_kill

posix_kill -- Send a signal to a process

## Description

`bool posix_kill`(int pid, int sig);

Send the signal `sig` to the process with the process identifier `pid`. Returns FALSE, if unable to send the signal, TRUE otherwise.

See also the kill(2) manual page of your POSIX system, which contains additional information about negative process identifiers, the special pid 0, the special pid -1, and the signal number 0.

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