as noted in the prior emails, kill or killall with the -9 argument will kill just about any process, period. the only exception i know of is a "zombie" process.
what the -9 option does is kill the process with (as they say) extreme prejudice, i.e. it doesn't allow the process to close all filehandles, sockets, etc. cleanly, thus allowing for the possibility of introducing corruptions into the system. bottom line: don't use -9 as your default behavior, save it for those times when nothing else works (just in case you were curious about why it is available but not the default). joe --- Original Message --- From: "Frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [newbie] killin' >killall -9 appname >works well for me. > >rgds > >Franki > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony S. Sykes >>Sent: Wednesday, 13 August 2003 3:27 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: RE: [newbie] killin' >> >> >>kill -9 pid as root. >> >>Tony. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Anarky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 7:42 AM >>To: mandrake newbie >>Subject: [newbie] killin' >> >> >> normally I use 'gnome-system-monitor' to kill apps, but now an X app >>won't stop with that even. So I do "ps aux | grep app_name" and then try >>"kill pid" ... but still nothing will happen. Any idea? last time I >>fixed it via a reboot ... but I thought linux wasn't like that ... >> greets >> >> >>-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- >> >>This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have >>received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or >>disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes >>or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. >> >>The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not >>necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless >>specifically stated. >> >>Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their >>attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) >>to verify the integrity of such emails. >> >> >>Business Computer Projects Ltd >>BCP House >>151 Charles Street >>Stockport >>Cheshire >>SK1 3JY >> >>Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 >>Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 >>Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/> >> >> >
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