killfam(3)
NAME
Proc::Killfam - kill a list of pids, and all their
sub-children
SYNOPSIS
use Proc::Kilfam; killfam $signal, @pids;
DESCRIPTION
killfam accepts the same arguments as the Perl builtin
kill command, but, additionally, recursively searches the
process table for children and kills them as well.
EXAMPLE
killfam 'TERM', ($pid1, $pid2, @more_pids);
KEYWORDS
- kill, signal