killing your own process - C++, UNIX 1

[arunsrini]

Hello,
Would I be able to kill my own process using C++ on UNIX? i.e something like

void func() {

pid_t pid = getpid();

kill (pid, -9);

}

I am trying to do that, but it doesnt work. So can a process be killed only by another process and not from within itself?

Thanks,
-Arun

 

[chipperMDW]

What makes you think the value of SIGKILL is -9? You'd be better off just using SIGKILL.

Are you confusing negative nine for the dash nine you might use on the command line?


Also, if all you want is for your program to stop, why go to all the trouble? Just use exit().

 

[arunsrini]

Thanks. That helps.