DosKillProcess Parameter - action

action (ULONG) - input

The processes to be flagged for ending.

The values of this field are shown in the following list:

• DKP_PROCESSTREE
  A process and all its descendant processes. The process must be either the current process, or it must have been directly created by the current process using DosExecPgm with a value of 2 (EXEC_ASYNCRESULT) for execFlag.

  After the indicated process ends, its descendants are flagged for ending. The indicated process need not still be executing. If it has ended, its descendants are still flagged for ending.

• DKP_PROCESS
  Any process. Only the indicated process is flagged for ending.

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