On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Denis Havlik wrote:
> :~>killall -9 25893 means that you want to kill a process named 25893. No
> :~>process has this name!
>
> Sorry, typing mistake. Here is cut'paste version:
>
> [denis@marvin havlik]$ ps ax|grep nets
> 27851 ? Z 0:00 [netscape <defunct>]
> 27864 pts/2 S 0:00 grep nets
it's already zombied...
> <netscape (still) works OK. Let's kill it ;-> >
>
> [denis@marvin havlik]$ kill -9 27851
> [denis@marvin havlik]$ killall -9 netscape
>
> <nothing happens>
of course not it's already dead
> [denis@marvin havlik]$ ps ax|grep nets
> 27851 ? Z 0:00 [netscape <defunct>]
> 27867 pts/2 S 0:00 grep nets
>
> Netscape does not even notice I have tried to kill it. Obviously, the
> netscape pretends to be a library, or the library thinks it is a netscape.
> Whatever - it stinks. And, yes I know that I can kill the netscape by
> killing the library, but it stinks nevertheless.
Correct you have to kill it's parent proccess, or it will sit there in
defunct heaven..
> ?:-0
>
> Denis
>
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