POSTNOTE 2
NAME
postnote - send a note to a process or process group
SYNOPSIS
#include <u.h> #include <libc.h>
int postnote(int who, int pid, char *note)
DESCRIPTION
Postnote sends a note to a process or process group.
If
who is
PNPROC , then
note is written to
/proc/ pid /note\f1. If
who is
PNGROUP , the note is delivered to the
process group by writing
note to
/proc/ pid /notepg\f1. For
PNGROUP only, if the calling process is in the target group, the note is
not delivered to that process.
If the write is successful, zero is returned. Otherwise -1 is returned.
SOURCE
/sys/src/libc/9sys/postnote.c "SEE ALSO"
notify (2), intro (2), proc (3) DIAGNOSTICS
Sets
errstr .