On Thursday 22 June 2006 11:46 am, JRH wrote:
> On Thursday 22 Jun 2006 16:27, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote:
> > For processes that won't die with a regular kill, go to the command line
> > and do:
> >
> > kill -9 <pid>...
> >
> > A regular kill asks the process to shut itself down, but if it's hung, it
> > wont' respond. The -9 option tells the system to shut the process down
> > without asking it. This almost always works, though I have had the rare
> > time when I've had to reboot to kill a really stubborn process. Shouldn't
> > happen, but nothing's perfect.
> >
> > Ron
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> Thanks for that little pearl of wisdom, that can be written in the little
> black book of Linux commands, for future reference!
>
> Tried it a few times on this one, and still no joy..... looks like I'm
> gonna have to shut down while I go for dinner!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> James
I've always used "killall -9 <pid> or process" that way it kills it, what came
from it, where it came from, and all its obnoxious family members involved
with it...
Don't ya just wish you could do that at family reunions or holidays? :)
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