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psignal(9r)
NAME
  psignal - General: Sends a signal to a process

SYNOPSIS
  void psignal(
	  struct proc *process,
	  int signal );

ARGUMENTS
  process
      Specifies a pointer to a proc structure.

  signal
      Specifies the signal that you want to send to the specified process.
      You can specify any of the signals defined in
      /usr/sys/include/sys/signal.h.

DESCRIPTION
  The psignal routine posts a signal to the specified process. The posting of
  a signal causes that signal to be added to the set of pending signals for
  the specified process. Depending on the state of the process and the state
  of the process's signals, the specified signal may be ignored, masked,
  caught by a tracing parent, or caught by the actual target process. If the
  signal is to be delivered to the target process, psignal examines and
  modifies the process state to prepare the execution of the appropriate
  signal handler.

RETURN VALUES
  None

SEE ALSO
  Routines: gsignal(9r)

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