On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 07:49:42PM -0400, Daniel Ouellet wrote: > Ted Unangst wrote: > >read thepid < httpd.pid > >kill $thepid > > Thank you!!! > > This work. > > But what would be the proper syntax based on the man page to kill the > group if possible? > > Based on the man page it should be possible no? > > In any case, this work, but I still would love to know how to do this > for the group.
You could always try 'exec pkill httpd'. Of course, you lose your shell, so you better make sure that that actually works... Joachim -- TFMotD: pkg_merge (1) - merge several packages into a fat package