Killfam(3pm)
NAME
Proc::Killfam - kill a list of pids, and all their sub-children
SYNOPSIS
use Proc::Killfam; 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