SYS$FORCEX (OpenVMS) SYS$FORCEX (OpenVMS)
NAME
sigsend - send a signal
SYS$FORCEX - Force process exit/termination
EXPLAINATION
The Digital UNIX sigsend system call provides functionality similar to
the OpenVMS SYS$FORCEX system service. When a SIGTERM is sent to a
process the default action is to terminate the receiving process. To
force a termination of a process, a SIGKILL signal can be sent to the
process.
RELATED INFORMATION
Digital UNIX Functions:
exit(2), sigaction(2), sigsend(2), kill(2), signal(4) delim off
SYS$FORCEX (OpenVMS)
