-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 2008/12/1 glen : > As said in the previous post run the command "top" (without quotes). This > will give you a list showing all processes running and their PID number > > To kill a particular process or application find the PID (process ID) three > digit number associated with it.
The number is not necessarily three digits. > > Then issue a command like (for this example) "kill -9 222" (without quotes) > where 222 is the actual PID three digit number of the app or process you > want to kill and press enter > > Note: unless you use sudo you can only kill applications you own, that is, > running under your account. > > Another way to kill major app's like Textedit, Mail, Excel is to just hit the > option-Command-Esc keys to bring up the "Force Quit Applications" window and > kill the offending app from there avoiding Terminal all together. --glen > > > > > > > > - -- - -hackmiester -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iEYEARECAAYFAkk0jekACgkQZGCrekxoMEUnBgCfXHebZSFSkHH6abpLo+NbVbpm hCYAoJgu6Hy6lsrTETTfGmo14ewo0GAe =zGkv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
