KILL (The GNU Fortran Compiler)

### 8.172 `KILL` — Send a signal to a process ¶

Synopsis:

  `CALL KILL(PID, SIG [, STATUS])`
  `STATUS = KILL(PID, SIG)`

Description:

  Sends the signal specified by SIG to the process PID. See `kill(2)`.

  This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit.

Class:

  Subroutine, function

Arguments:

  PID | Shall be a scalar `INTEGER` with `INTENT(IN)`.
  SIG | Shall be a scalar `INTEGER` with `INTENT(IN)`.
  STATUS | [Subroutine](Optional) Shall be a scalar `INTEGER`. Returns 0 on success; otherwise a system-specific error code is returned.
  STATUS | [Function] The kind type parameter is that of `pid`. Returns 0 on success; otherwise a system-specific error code is returned.

Standard:

  GNU extension

See also:

  `ABORT` — Abort the program,
  `EXIT` — Exit the program with status.