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[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / doio.c

diff --git a/doio.c b/doio.c
index c01c14e..0e8713e 100644 (file)
--- a/doio.c
+++ b/doio.c
@@ -1071,6 +1071,36 @@ register SV **sp;
        }
        else
            val = SvIVx(*mark);
+#ifdef VMS
+       /* kill() doesn't do process groups (job trees?) under VMS */
+       if (val < 0) val = -val;
+       if (val == SIGKILL) {
+#          include <starlet.h>
+           /* Use native sys$delprc() to insure that target process is
+            * deleted; supervisor-mode images don't pay attention to
+            * CRTL's emulation of Unix-style signals and kill()
+            */
+           while (++mark <= sp) {
+               I32 proc = SvIVx(*mark);
+               register unsigned long int __vmssts;
+               if (!((__vmssts = sys$delprc(&proc,0)) & 1)) {
+                   tot--;
+                   switch (__vmssts) {
+                       case SS$_NONEXPR:
+                       case SS$_NOSUCHNODE:
+                           SETERRNO(ESRCH,__vmssts);
+                           break;
+                       case SS$_NOPRIV:
+                           SETERRNO(EPERM,__vmssts);
+                           break;
+                       default:
+                           SETERRNO(EVMSERR,__vmssts);
+                   }
+               }
+           }
+           break;
+       }
+#endif
        if (val < 0) {
            val = -val;
            while (++mark <= sp) {