_LWP_KILL(2)						      BSD System Calls Manual						      _LWP_KILL(2)

NAME

     _lwp_kill -- send a signal to a light-weight process

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <lwp.h>

     int
     _lwp_kill(lwpid_t lwp, int sig);

DESCRIPTION

     _lwp_kill() sends the signal specified by sig to the light-weight process specified by lwp.  If the sig argument is given as 0 (zero),
     _lwp_kill will test for the existence of the target LWP, but will take no further action.

     Job control signals and uncatchable signals can not be directed to a specific LWP: if posted with _lwp_kill, they will affect all LWPs in the
     process.

     Signals will be posted successfully to suspended LWPs, but will not be handled further until the LWP has been continued.

RETURN VALUES

     A 0 value indicates that the call succeeded.  A -1 return value indicates an error occurred and errno is set to indicate the reason.

ERRORS

     [EINVAL]  sig is not a valid signal number.

     [ESRCH]   No LWP can be found in the current process corresponding to that specified by lwp.

SEE ALSO

     _lwp_continue(2), _lwp_suspend(2), kill(2), sigaction(2), signal(7)

HISTORY

     The _lwp_kill() system call first appeared in NetBSD 5.0.

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								 January 20, 2007							       BSD