KILL(1) KILL(1) NAME kill, broke - terminate process(es) SYNOPSIS kill [ -g ] [ pid ... ] [ module ... ] broke DESCRIPTION Kill terminates each process (for a numeric process ID pid) or process running a given module (for a non-numeric module name), by writing a `kill' message to the corresponding process's control file in prog(3). The -g option causes kill to write a `killgrp' message instead, killing all processes in the given process's process group (see sys-pctl(2)). Processes running a module are identified by their `status' file, and the process ID of each such process is printed on standard output. A process that incurs an exception (eg, array bounds check) is normally suspended in the `broken' state to allow debug- ging. Broke kills all such processes owned by the current user, releasing any resources they hold back to the system; it prints their process IDs. FILES /prog/pid/ctl /prog/pid/status SOURCE /appl/cmd/kill.b /appl/cmd/broke.b SEE ALSO ps(1), prog(3)