On Wednesday 30 July 2003 11:05 pm, Simon Mushi wrote: > I just wanted to ask what to do if a process refuses to die. For example I > want to kill dctc with a pid of 16371. So I type in "kill 16371" and I can > do this continually and the process refuses to die and still shows up in > top. > > What can I do to kill it for real?
kill signals the app or the kernel to do something. If you don't specify a signal, SIGTERM is the default. My suggestion is that the process you are trying to kill either does not obey a SIGTERM or is in conflict about what to do when receiving a SIGTERM. The following translates to: Tell the kernel to kill process 16371 with extreme prejudice. kill -9 16371 It is the kill of last resort. If this signal to the kernel does not work, I guess the next level would be a reboot. The only time I've seen this fail is when there were kernel problems. man term -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
