* Daniel Patrick Berdine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > Seems odd that theres no way of killing a process.. I don't really know > that much about how these things work, but it seems like there should be > some way to just purge everything to do with the process from memory or > something...
Think of it this way: the process called some kernel function and went (eg. was swapped) away until that function returns. There's no process to kill, only the kernel function => kernel itself. Dima -- E-mail dmaziuk at bmrb dot wisc dot edu (@work) or at crosswinds dot net (@home) http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu/descript/gpgkey.dmaziuk.ascii -- GnuPG 1.0.4 public key One distinguishing characteristic of BOFHen is attention deficit disorder. Put me in front of something boring and I can find a near-infinite number of really creative ways to bugger off. -- Antony De Boer in asr
