From 12733a0391a05c17c34b642aa1694e0d482f3df6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Mitchell Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:44:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] perlfunc: clarify kill()'s return value --- pod/perlfunc.pod | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 065e2e4..8f4df97 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -3217,9 +3217,10 @@ X X =for Pod::Functions send a signal to a process or process group -Sends a signal to a list of processes. Returns the number of -processes successfully signaled (which is not necessarily the -same as the number actually killed). +Sends a signal to a list of processes. Returns the number of arguments +that were successfully used to signal (which is not necessarily the same +as the number of processes actually killed, e.g. where a process group is +killed). $cnt = kill 'HUP', $child1, $child2; kill 'KILL', @goners; -- 2.7.4