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Killfam(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Killfam(3pm) |
NAME¶
Proc::Killfam - kill a list of pids, and all their sub-childrenSYNOPSIS¶
use Proc::Killfam; killfam $signal, @pids;
DESCRIPTION¶
killfam accepts the same arguments as the Perl builtin kill command, but, additionally, recursively searches the process table for children and kills them as well.EXAMPLE¶
killfam 'TERM', ($pid1, $pid2, @more_pids);KEYWORDS¶
kill, signal2016-11-06 | perl v5.24.1 |