#$EPIC: killpid.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/01 03:55:07 sthalik Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$__killpid__(<signal> <pid> [...<pid>])

======Technical:======
This function sends a signal to one or more pids

======Practical:======
This allows sending signals to other processes without having to used
exec to invoke the kill command.

======Returns:======
The number of processes to which the signal was successfully sent.

======History:======
This function was added in EPIC4-1.1.6