> On 1/11/06 12:51 PM, Bryan Harris deftly typed out: > >>> Probably, but 'tell... To quit is a 'soft' quit. It allows the app to do >>> it's tidying up first. >> >> By default "kill" (and killall) send a "TERM" signal to the process. I was >> hoping someone might know whether the Database Daemon does the same thing >> with the quit AppleEvent as it does when it gets a "TERM" signal. > > My understanding is that a TERM signal will do the same as a "tell app X to > quit". You will need to find a way to run the kill or killall with superuser > (root) privileges to kill your wife's daemon, though.
Do you have a source for this? The only thing I've found is: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/09/19/remote_control.html ... which seems to indicate that "tell app to quit" is kindlier than "kill". >>>> 3. Do I need to kill the Alerts Daemon too? >>> >>> Erm... What's the 'alerts' daemon? >> >> Uh, I'm not sure. Don't you have one running too? > > I have one running as well. It's located here "/Applications/Microsoft > Office 2004/Office/Alerts Daemon.app" I wonder if it needs to be quit too. >>>> 4. In the Activity Monitor, my Daemon is called "Database Daemon", but my >>>> wife's is called "Microsoft Database Daemon". Why would those be >>>> different? >>> >>> Different versions. >> >> Weird, looks like I need to take care of that... > > In Activity Monitor it shows up simply as "Database Daemon", but from the > shell, in the output of 'ps', it shows as "Microsoft Database Daemon". The > Login Item shows as "Microsoft Database Daemon" as well. This is on a system > that has never run any version of Office other than 2004. Do you have any other users on your machine? How do theirs appear? - B -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
