Man Scilab

pvm_kill
Scilab function

pvm_kill - Terminates a specified PVM process.

Calling Sequence

[infos] = pvm_kill(tids)

Parameters

Description

pvm_kill sends a terminate ( SIGTERM ) signal to the PVM process identified by tids .

In the case of multiprocessors the terminate signal is replaced with a host dependent method for killing a process.

The array infos can be checked to determine the status for each process. Values less than zero indicate an error, while zero values indicate a success.

pvm_kill is not designed to kill the calling process. To kill yourself in C call pvm_exit() followed by quit() .

Examples


info = pvm_kill(262153)
 
  

See Also

pvm_exit ,  

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