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[CreaPhase.git] / octave_packages / vrml-1.0.13 / vrml_kill.m

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+## Copyright (C) 2002 Etienne Grossmann <etienne@egdn.net>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+##  p = vrml_kill ()            - Kill the current vrml browser
+## 
+## If a vrml browser has previously been launched with vrml_browse(), it
+## will be sent a KILL signal.
+##
+## See also : vrml_browse.
+
+function p = vrml_kill ()
+
+global vrml_b_pid = 0;
+
+if vrml_b_pid, 
+  printf ("vrml_browse : Sending kill signal to browser\n");
+  system (sprintf ("kill -KILL %d &> /dev/null",vrml_b_pid));
+else
+  printf ("vrml_browse : No live browser to kill\n");
+end
+vrml_b_pid = 0;
+return
+endfunction
+