Name

signal.sys_tkill — Sending a kill signal to a thread

Synopsis

signal.sys_tkill 

Values

sig_name

The specific signal sent to the process

sig

The specific signal sent to the process

pid

The PID of the process receiving the kill signal

Description

The <command>tkill</command> call is analogous to <command>kill(2)</command>, except that it also allows a process within a specific thread group to be targetted. Such processes are targetted through their unique thread IDs (TID).