NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       psignal - General: Sends a signal to a process

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       void psignal(
               struct proc *process,
               int signal );

ARGUMENTS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Specifies  a  pointer  to a proc structure.  Specifies the
       signal that you want to send to the specified process. You
       can    specify    any    of   the   signals   defined   in
       /usr/sys/include/sys/signal.h.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The psignal routine posts a signal to the  specified  process.
  The  posting  of  a signal causes that signal to be
       added to the set of pending signals for the specified process.
  Depending on the state of the process and the state
       of the process's signals,  the  specified  signal  may  be
       ignored,  masked, caught by a tracing parent, or caught by
       the actual target process. If the signal is to  be  delivered
  to the target process, psignal examines and modifies
       the process state to prepare the execution of  the  appropriate
 signal handler.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

       None

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Routines: gsignal(9r)



                                                      psignal(9r)