>>>>> "CS" == Craig Small <[email protected]> writes: CS> I'm confused what you are trying to get pkill to do. CS> What are you trying to do here and doesn't /bin/kill do this function?
Pkill allows one to cautiously only kill any existing processes that match the given specifications. OK, here's the specification: process number 12345. Wait! There's no way to tell pkill that. So we end up having to use real kill(1), and having to deal with * Error messages in case the process doesn't exist. * Error shell $? return value in case process doesn't exist. Instead of being able to use the uniform pkill interface. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
