SPUG: kill or exit multiple processes
Jim Flanagan
jimfl at tensegrity.net
Tue Aug 27 12:16:40 CDT 2002
On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Meryll Larkin wrote:
> Now I'm confused because I assumed that if Program B
> spawned Program C that Program B's PID (process ID) would
> be the PPID (parent process ID) to Program C.
Yes.
> I also thought that if Program B was killed, that killing
> the parent would kill the child (Program C).
No. How do you think deamons are born? It's very common for parents to
die, and their children live on ("and even have itty-bitty litte children
of their own." (+5 pts if you get the move reference)).
However, you can kill a process group, by setting up the parent as the
process grou leader, then using kill to kill (or send any signal) to
the entire group.
The common way to set up a process as the process group leader is to
use setsid(2) or setpgid(2), depending upon your OS. Also, usually,
using kill with a negative pid sends the signal to the process group,
instead of the process.
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