check out the man page for the "kill" system call. It's in section 2. You should have the pid since you started the child...
jim >---------- >From: Shao Zhang[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 1:12 AM >To: Debian Mail List >Cc: The recipient's address is unknown. >Subject: kill the child process > >Hi, > sorry for this none-debian specific question. > > In my C program, I have created a child process to do some timeout > stuff in case something goes wrong. > > But when I exit the main program, how do I kill this child process > since I no longer need it?? > > I have checked the man page for wait... but is there anyway to instantly >kill > this child process?? > > Thanks > >Shao. > >-- >____________________________________________________________________________ >Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ >Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ >University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | >Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ >_____________________________________________________________________________ > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < >/dev/null > >
