KILL(3PVM)

💅 NAME 💅

pvm_kill — bestie, this is the one that terminates a specified PVM process. yeet that process, respectfully. ✨

This is from the PVM Version 3.4 manual, section 3PVM. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so here's how you call it, no cap:

C

int info = pvm_kill( int tid )

Fortran

call pvmfkill( tid, info )

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🦋 PARAMETERS 🦋

• tid — Integer task identifier of the PVM process you wanna kill. and like… not yourself, bestie. this is not a self-own tool. 🙈
• info — Integer status code the routine hands back to you. anything less than zero means it went wrong. 💀

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So pvm_kill sends a terminate (SIGTERM) signal to the PVM process identified by tid. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

But wait — on multiprocessors, the terminate signal gets replaced with a host dependent method for killing a process. so it's giving "same goal, different technique." periodt. 💅

If pvm_kill is successful, info will be 0. If some error occurs then info will be < 0. simple as. ✨

🚨 IMPORTANT BESTIE 🚨 pvm_kill is not designed to kill the calling process. it literally cannot do that. do not try it.

So if you wanna kill yourself (the process, omg, the PROCESS 😭):

• In C, call pvm_exit() followed by exit().
• In Fortran, call pvmfexit followed by stop.

main character energy only applies to the process that's actually exiting. 👑

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💖 EXAMPLES 💖

C:

info = pvm_kill( tid );

Fortran:

CALL PVMFKILL( TID, INFO )

look at her go. iconic. 🌈

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💀 ERRORS 💀

These error conditions can be returned by pvm_kill:

• PvmBadParam — you gave an invalid tid value. bestie. that's not a real task. 😭
• PvmSysErr — pvmd not responding. it's ghosting you fr fr. 👻

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• pvm_exit(3PVM)
• pvm_halt(3PVM)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🥰 this was PVM Version 3.4, dated 30 August, 1993 — yes she's vintage, yes she still ate. 💅✨ go forth and terminate processes responsibly. mwah! 🫶