Derek Martin wrote:
> /* there are other ways to handle this */
>
> /* store the command to kill the process in a buffer */
> sprintf(buff, "kill -TERM %d", PID);
>
> /* use the system function call to run the Unix kill command */
> status=system( buff );
The code 'status=kill(PID,SIGTERM);' accomplishes the same thing in a much more
efficient manner. I believe perl also has a 'kill' routine.
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