libexplain/kill_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/sys/types.h>
#include <libexplain/kill.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>

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Functions
void	explain_kill_or_die (pid_t pid, int sig)

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Function Documentation

void explain_kill_or_die	(	pid_t	pid,
		int	sig
	)

The explain_kill_or_die function is used to call the kill(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_kill(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

Parameters:

pid	The pid, exactly as to be passed to the kill(2) system call.
sig	The sig, exactly as to be passed to the kill(2) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see kill(2) for more information. On failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return.

Example:

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

 explain_kill_or_die(pid, sig);

Definition at line 26 of file kill_or_die.c.