Killall(3pm)
NAME
killall - Kill all instances of a process by pattern matching the
command-line
SYNOPSIS
use Proc::Killall;
killall('HUP', 'xterm'); # SIGHUP all xterms
killall('KILL', '^netscape$'); # SIGKILL to "netscape"
DESCRIPTION
This module provides one function, "killall()", which takes two
parameters: a signal name or number (see "kill()") and a process
pattern. This pattern is matched against the process' command-line as
the "ps" command would show it ("ps" is not used internally, instead a
package called "Proc::ProcessTable" is used).
"killall" searches the process table and sends that signal to all
processes which match the pattern. The return value is the number of
processes that were succesfully signaled. If any kills failed, the $!
variable will be set based on that last one that failed (even if a
successful kill happened afterward).
AUTHOR
Written in 2000 by Aaron Sherman <ajs@ajs.com>
"Proc::Killall" is copyright 2000 by Aaron Sherman, and may be
distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.
PREREQUISITES
"Proc::ProcessTable" is required for "Proc::Killall" to function.
SEE ALSO
- perl, perlfunc, perlvar, Proc::ProcessTable