Process.Signal(PosixSignal) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Diagnostics

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Diagnostics.Process.dll

Sends a signal to the associated process.

public:
 bool Signal(System::Runtime::InteropServices::PosixSignal signal);

[System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("maccatalyst")]
[System.Runtime.Versioning.UnsupportedOSPlatform("ios")]
[System.Runtime.Versioning.UnsupportedOSPlatform("tvos")]
public bool Signal(System.Runtime.InteropServices.PosixSignal signal);

[<System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("maccatalyst")>]
[<System.Runtime.Versioning.UnsupportedOSPlatform("ios")>]
[<System.Runtime.Versioning.UnsupportedOSPlatform("tvos")>]
member this.Signal : System.Runtime.InteropServices.PosixSignal -> bool

Public Function Signal (signal As PosixSignal) As Boolean

Parameters

signal

PosixSignal

The signal to send.

Returns

Boolean

true if the signal was sent successfully; false if the process has already exited or no longer exists and the signal was not delivered.

Attributes

SupportedOSPlatformAttribute UnsupportedOSPlatformAttribute

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

There is no process associated with this object, or the process handle is invalid.

ObjectDisposedException

The process object has been disposed.

NotSupportedException

The process is on a remote computer.

PlatformNotSupportedException

The current platform or the specified signal is not supported.

Win32Exception

The signal could not be sent.

Remarks

On Windows, only SIGKILL is supported, and sending it terminates the process. The process handle must have PROCESS_TERMINATE access.