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+.\" @(#)killpg.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/2/93
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd March 15, 2012
+.Dt KILLPG 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm killpg
+.Nd send signal to a process group
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/types.h
+.In signal.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn killpg "pid_t pgrp" "int sig"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn killpg
+function
+sends the signal
+.Fa sig
+to the process group
+.Fa pgrp .
+See
+.Xr sigaction 2
+for a list of signals.
+If
+.Fa pgrp
+is 0,
+.Fn killpg
+sends the signal to the sending process's process group.
+.Pp
+The sending process must be able to
+.Fn kill
+at least one process in the receiving process group.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Rv -std killpg
+.Sh ERRORS
+The
+.Fn killpg
+function
+will fail and no signal will be sent if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+The
+.Fa sig
+argument
+is not a valid signal number.
+.It Bq Er ESRCH
+No process can be found in the process group specified by
+.Fa pgrp .
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+.Fn kill
+returns EPERM for all processes in the process group.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr getpgrp 2 ,
+.Xr kill 2 ,
+.Xr sigaction 2
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn killpg
+function appeared in
+.Bx 4.0 .