- kill(+Pid, +Signal) is det
- Deliver a software interrupt to the process with identifier Pid
using software-interrupt number Signal. See also on_signal/2.
Signals can be specified as an integer or signal name, where
signal names are derived from the C constant by dropping the
SIG
prefix and mapping to lowercase. E.g. int
is the same as
SIGINT
in C. The meaning of the signal numbers can be found in
the Unix manual.