2 files changed, 36 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/osproc.nim b/lib/pure/osproc.nim
index 3c181bf53..4384cd7d2 100644
--- a/lib/pure/osproc.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/osproc.nim
@@ -164,8 +164,11 @@ proc resume*(p: PProcess) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## Resumes the process `p`.
 
 proc terminate*(p: PProcess) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
-  ## Terminates the process `p`.
+  ## Stop the process `p`. On Posix OSs the procedure sends SIGTERM to the process. On Windows the Win32 API function TerminateProcess() is called to stop the process.
 
+proc kill*(p: PProcess) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
+  ## Kill the process `p`. On Posix OSs the procedure sends SIGKILL to the process. On Windows kill() is an alias for terminate().
+  
 proc running*(p: PProcess): bool {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## Returns true iff the process `p` is still running. Returns immediately.
 
@@ -475,6 +478,9 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
     if running(p):
       discard terminateProcess(p.fProcessHandle, 0)
 
+  proc kill(p: PProcess) =
+    terminate(p)
+      
   proc waitForExit(p: PProcess, timeout: int = -1): int =
     discard waitForSingleObject(p.fProcessHandle, timeout.int32)
 
@@ -815,10 +821,10 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
     discard close(p.errHandle)
 
   proc suspend(p: PProcess) =
-    if kill(-p.id, SIGSTOP) != 0'i32: osError(osLastError())
+    if kill(p.id, SIGSTOP) != 0'i32: osError(osLastError())
 
   proc resume(p: PProcess) =
-    if kill(-p.id, SIGCONT) != 0'i32: osError(osLastError())
+    if kill(p.id, SIGCONT) != 0'i32: osError(osLastError())
 
   proc running(p: PProcess): bool =
     var ret = waitpid(p.id, p.exitCode, WNOHANG)
@@ -826,11 +832,13 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
     result = ret == int(p.id)
 
   proc terminate(p: PProcess) =
-    if kill(-p.id, SIGTERM) == 0'i32:
-      if p.running():
-        if kill(-p.id, SIGKILL) != 0'i32: osError(osLastError())
-    else: osError(osLastError())
+    if kill(p.id, SIGTERM) != 0'i32:
+      osError(osLastError())
 
+  proc kill(p: PProcess) =
+    if kill(p.id, SIGKILL) != 0'i32: 
+      osError(osLastError())
+    
   proc waitForExit(p: PProcess, timeout: int = -1): int =
     #if waitPid(p.id, p.exitCode, 0) == int(p.id):
     # ``waitPid`` fails if the process is not running anymore. But then
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tosprocterminate.nim b/tests/stdlib/tosprocterminate.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd044414c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tosprocterminate.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import os, osproc
+
+when defined(Windows):
+  const ProgramWhichDoesNotEnd = "notepad"
+else:
+  const ProgramWhichDoesNotEnd = "/bin/sh"
+
+echo("starting " & ProgramWhichDoesNotEnd)
+var process = startProcess(ProgramWhichDoesNotEnd)
+sleep(500)
+echo("stopping process")
+process.terminate()
+var TimeToWait = 5000
+while process.running() and TimeToWait > 0:
+  sleep(100)
+  TimeToWait = TimeToWait - 100
+  
+if process.running():
+  echo("FAILED")
+else:
+  echo("SUCCESS")