kill is a unix command for stopping a process. The kill -9 is like yanking the rug out from under something. There is nothing graceful about it. Some processes should never be stopped using it. If you really need to blow a process away, you may just be better off to reboot your mac.
Kev On Nov 24, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Carolyn wrote: > Ah, leave it to Scott to bring us some grace.:) I haven't a clue what y'all > are talking about. But I guess I should know this in case Alex ever decides > to give me the silent treatment. I don't recall an initial post on this but > better save these in a backup for future reference. > To all who care: Happy Thanksgiving > > Carolyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Granados > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:36 AM > Subject: Re: The KillAll command > > Whoa -9 and -hup do * not * do the same thing. > > > -9 is a kill all with no graceful shutdown. -HUP is a restart, -1 is a > graceful shutdown. > > > On Nov 24, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > >> Hi Eric and Nic, >> >> Thanks much -- the -9 seems to cause a restart, hence appears to have the >> identical affect of the -hup parm. >> >> On Nov 24, 2010, at 3:22 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> True enough. -HUP accomplishes the same thing, though, but of course the >>> parameters mean something different. I always just use -9 to ensure it >>> actually quits, and it's just as efficient in the long-run. And, it's less >>> parameters to type. >>> >>> Regards, >>> ic >>> GoogleTalk: [email protected] >>> Facebook >>> Twitter >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: [email protected] >>> Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 >>> AIM: cincinster >>> >>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: >>> >>>> the killall command works. -9 will simply force it to quit. I prefer the >>>> use of killall -HUP VoiceOver as it forces a reset of voiceover without >>>> going through all the issues of restarting it via keystrokes. btw, you >>>> must capitalize the V and the O otherwise it will not find the process >>>> name. >>>> >>>> -Eric >>>> >>>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 1:53 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: >>>> >>>>> Greetings, >>>>> I meant to reply to one of Nic's recent posts, but deleted it. He >>>>> suggested that if VO goes silent one could enter terminal into spotlight >>>>> and then enter -- I forget the exact command but believe it was >>>>> killallall -9 voiceover. >>>>> >>>>> I tried this with and without the extra "all" and also tried inserting a >>>>> space between the two alls, but only receive a message that no matching >>>>> processes were found. >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to get this right in case I do experience a vo crash. May not >>>>> have recalled the parm Nic mentioned, but I did use the one he specified >>>>> (which may not have been -9). >>>>> >>>>> TIA for any clarification, and best regards. >>>>> Geoff >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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/macvisionaries?hl=en.
