Port Windows IPC Apps to Linux, Part 1: Processes and Threads

By Srinivasan S. Muthuswamy, Kavitha Varadarajan
2005-06-16


Terminating a process
To forcibly terminate a running process, you can use TerminateProcess() in Windows.

BOOL TerminateProcess( HANDLE hProcess, // handle to the process UINT uExitCode // exit code for the process );

This function terminates the running process and all the associated threads. Use this function only in extreme scenarios.

In Linux, you can use kill() to forcibly kill a process: int kill(pid_t pid, int sig). This system call terminates the process of id PID. You can also use it to signal to any group or process.

Tutorial Pages:
» A mapping guide for complex, multithreaded, multiprocess applications
» Processes
» Creating a process
» Terminating a process
» Using wait functions
» Exiting a process
» Environment variables
» Examples
» Threads
» Examples of processes and threads
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First published by IBM DeveloperWorks

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