Dear Craig, thanks for maintaining the "killall" command on Linux. Dear hackers, thanks for maintaining it on FreeBSD.
Naming it the same as System V killall, which just kills all processes, can wreak havoc. When someone types a standard Linux killall command line as root on a Solaris or HP-UX server, System V killall runs and kills all processes. It might be good if you'd rename it to something else. Not "akill" (All Kill): it looks like IRIX probably ships with something called akill already, so this would be confusing. Maybe "fkill" (Friendly Kill). You could do this in phases: for the first five years, /usr/bin/killall could print a warning onscreen, then function as usual. After five years, it could cease to function unless you call it as "fkill". Craig, and hackers, are you both willing to do this? -Jason -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, trainer, IT consultant. I support Linux, UNIX, Windows, and more. Contact me to discuss your needs. +1 (416) 992-3445 / www.jspiro.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
