Matt Kettler wrote:
At 06:05 PM 11/18/2004, Justin Mason wrote:
> Kill -9 is NOT a good thing to use for general shutdown of processes, it's
> really only one step better than having to pull the power plug on the box.
yep -- in fact, it's pretty much equivalent to pulling the power plug on that process. kill -15 is a lot safer.
Agreed.. Which is why it's only one step better than pulling the plug on the whole box :)
I also found this useful website which goes quite in-depth on the matter:
Pssh, kill -15 is for wimps.... :)
Regards,
Rick
