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1*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<h2>task_terminate</h2>
2*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<hr>
3*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<p>
4*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<strong>Function</strong> - Terminate the target task and deallocate its resources.
5*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>
6*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<pre>
7*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<strong>kern_return_t   task_terminate</strong>
8*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions                <strong>(task_t</strong>            <var>task</var><strong>);</strong>
9*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions</pre>
10*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<h3>PARAMETERS</h3>
11*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<dl>
12*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<p>
13*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>task</var>
14*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<dd>
15*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions[in task send right]
16*e13b1fa5SApple OSS DistributionsThe port for the task to be destroyed.
17*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions</dl>
18*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3>
19*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<p>
20*e13b1fa5SApple OSS DistributionsThe <strong>task_terminate</strong> function kills task and all its
21*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributionsthreads, if any.  The kernel
22*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributionsfrees all resources that are in use by the task.  The kernel
23*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributionsdestroys any port for
24*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributionswhich the task holds the receive right.
25*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3>
26*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<p>
27*e13b1fa5SApple OSS DistributionsOnly generic errors apply.
28*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3>
29*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<p>
30*e13b1fa5SApple OSS DistributionsFunctions:
31*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<a href="task_create.html"><strong>task_create</strong></a>,
32*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<a href="task_suspend.html"><strong>task_suspend</strong></a>,
33*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<a href="task_resume.html"><strong>task_resume</strong></a>,
34*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_terminate.html"><strong>thread_terminate</strong></a>,
35*e13b1fa5SApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_suspend.html"><strong>thread_suspend</strong></a>.
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