Sends an interrupt signal to the specified process. The signal used is [POSIX] SIGUSR1. The format of the MUPIP INTRPT command is:
mupip intrpt process-id
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Ensure that signal SIGUSR1 is not be used by any C external function calls or any (initially non-GT.M) processes that use call-in support, as it is interpreted by GT.M as a signal to trigger the $ZINTERRUPT mechanism. |
To INTRPT a process belonging to its own account, a process requires no UNIX privilege.
To INTRPT a process belonging to its own GROUP, a process requires UNIX membership in the user group of the target process privilege. To INTRPT a process belonging to an account outside its own GROUP, a process requires UNIX superuser privilege.