On Tuesday 31 October 2000 05:10 pm, you wrote:
> I'm a very-newbie, but the command is kill and the Process
> IDentification argument is the number listed to the left of the
> offending process when you type "top". So, if the CPU hog was
> listed as process 17, you would type: kill 17
> Someone correct me if I am leading this poor soul astray...
> -Carlton
That's correct, but sometimes you need a bigger gun ;>
in that case use the 9 switch, type 'kill -9 <pid>' or in your ex.
'kill -9 17'
from 'man kill',
DESCRIPTION
kill sends the specified signal to the specified process.
If no signal is specified, the TERM signal is sent. The
TERM signal will kill processes which do not catch this
signal. For other processes, if may be necessary to use
the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught.
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
