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35 .Nd send a signal to a light-weight process
41 .Fn _lwp_kill "lwpid_t lwp" "int sig"
44 sends the signal specified by
46 to the light-weight process specified by
50 argument is given as 0 (zero),
52 will test for the existence of the target LWP, but will take no further
55 Job control signals and uncatchable signals can not be directed to a specific
58 they will affect all LWPs in the process.
60 Signals will be posted successfully to suspended LWPs, but will not be
61 handled further until the LWP has been continued.
63 A 0 value indicates that the call succeeded.
64 A \-1 return value indicates an error occurred and
66 is set to indicate the reason.
68 .Bl -tag -width [EINVAL]
71 is not a valid signal number.
73 No LWP can be found in the current process corresponding to that
86 system call first appeared in