: you can try killing is parent. the following command will give you PPID for your process.
ps o "%P %p %c" I've experienced some problem killing process which had a "zombie" state. but that have not happen for a while, ..... "zombie" should be wrote after the command name in ps and top. btw : killall do nothing else than kill except allowing to specify a name instead of a PID. or ... can it kill more than one at the time ? could be harmful. and by default, both killall and kill send signal 15, which is smoother than 9. have you search google for a stronger signal ? i don't think there is. Mathieu Quoting Marcel Lecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
