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kill-external-program   os-process &optional signal-number[Function]

Purpose
Terminate or signal an external program.

Package   :gbbopen-tools

Module   :os-interface

Arguments and values

os-process     An implementation-dependent process representation or nil
signal-number     A small integer (default is 15, the software termination signal)

Errors
This function is not supported on Windows platforms.

See also
    run-external-program

Example

  > (multiple-value-bind (stream os-process)
         (run-external-program "sleep" '("120"))
       (sleep 10)
       (kill-external-program os-process))
  t
  >


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