> > commandname
> > All processes invoked using that name will
> > be signaled.
>
> OK, we know you can use other commands to kill processes by name, but
> can anyone answer Voktek's question, or explain why the documentation
> for kill seems to imply that the kill command can kill by name if it
> can't?
>
That's not in the debian man page. Seems to be in the redhat one
though
kill [ -s signal | -p ] [ -a ] [ -- ] pid
I can't get the -p, -a or pid set to "commandname" options to work.
I'd say the man page is bogus
-Colin
-a Do not restrict the commandname-to-pid conversion to
processes with the same uid as the present process.
pid... Specify the list of processes that kill should signal. Each pid can be
one
of five things:
n where n is larger than 0. The process with pid n will be
signaled.
0 All processes in the current process group are signaled.
-1 All processes with pid larger than 1 will be signaled.
-n where n is larger than 1. All processes in process group n are
sig�
naled. When an argument of the form `-n' is given, and it is
meant
to denote a process group, either the signal must be specified
first,
or the argument must be preceded by a `--' option, otherwise it
will
be taken as the signal to send.
commandname
All processes invoked using that name will be signaled.
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