Actually, have you tried killall <name of process>
It may do the trick, I've had some good luck with it. Marcel > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Bruseker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [clug-talk] Anything stronger than kill -s 9? > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > So, I was copying a file from my watch (a USB memory watch), > and the process > hung. lsof shows me the to and from files still open, which > means I can't > unmount the drive properly (yes, I could just disconnect the > USB, but that's > not the point). But a `kill -s 9 <process id>` of the cp > process doesn't > touch it. Even as root I can't kill it. Now, I have another > process (a mv > of about 20 files, from one partition to another, not > involving the watch > drive) that died and it can't be killed either. Yes, I can reboot my > machine, but is there something that would work other than > that to kill off > these mostly dead processes? > > Ian > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/3rIZSiY+RXI7JS4RAp75AKD7vusIaZGDI1KkfrnrSk/dMPHkIQCfazln > j1t+J5uyH9hPAyDtBkDzybA= > =dqkP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
