On 06/28/11 11:41, Pádraig Brady wrote: > The main problem with that is would only > send the signal to the first process, and > any processes it started would keep running.
Yes, that's the main issue with it. Still, it's handy for programs where you either know it doesn't use subprocesses, or you *want* to kill just the main program and not its subprocesses. I don't think it should be the default option, but it'd be nice to have it as an option.
