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| -rw-r--r-- | common/exechelp.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/common/exechelp.h b/common/exechelp.h index 3d70e1096..8f056891c 100644 --- a/common/exechelp.h +++ b/common/exechelp.h @@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ gpg_error_t gnupg_spawn_process_fd (const char *pgmname, gpg_error_t gnupg_wait_process (const char *pgmname, pid_t pid, int *exitcode); +/* Kill a process; that is send an appropriate signal to the process. + gnupg_wait_process must be called to actually remove the process + from the system. An invalid PID is ignored. */ +void gnupg_kill_process (pid_t pid); + + /* Spawn a new process and immediatley detach from it. The name of the program to exec is PGMNAME and its arguments are in ARGV (the programname is automatically passed as first argument). |