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.TH pvm_kill 1 "January 1998" "Scilab // Group" "Scilab function"
.so ../sci.an
.SH NAME
pvm_kill - Terminates a specified PVM process.
.SH CALLING SEQUENCE
.nf
[infos] = pvm_kill(tids)
.fi
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP 5
tids
: row of integer, task identifier of the PVM process to be killed
(not yourself).
.TP 4
infos
: row of integer, status code returned by the routine.
Values less than zero indicate an error.
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fVpvm_kill\fR
sends a terminate (SIGTERM) signal
to the PVM process identified by
.I tids.
In the case of multiprocessors the terminate signal is replaced
with a host dependent method for killing a process.
If pvm_kill is successful,
The array
.I infos
can be checked to determine the status for each process.
Values less than zero indicate an error,
while zero values indicate a success.
.PP
pvm_kill is not designed to kill the calling process.
To kill yourself in C call pvm_exit() followed by quit().
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
info = pvm_kill(262153)
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
pvm_exit
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