On 1/22/10, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 22, 2010, at 4:08 AM, gifutiger wrote: > >> Greetings >> >> You might try opening a terminal window and log in as super user, then >> enter "kill all -9" >> which should terminate all process's. > > no it doesn't: > > dbdev2:~ johnson$ sudo -s > Password: > bash-3.2# kill all -9 > bash: kill: all: arguments must be process or job IDs > bash: kill: (-9) - No such process > bash-3.2# > > The kill command HAS to have a process ID explicitly listed.
"sudo killall * -s9" might work though, I haven't tried it myself for obvious reasons -- Best Regards, John Musbach -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
