Re: Killing a process that won't die

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• Subject: Re: Killing a process that won't die
• From: "Josh Bressers" <josh@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:10:38 -0400 (EDT)
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> Hi,
>
>    I'm trying to kill a process on my box, but when I try 'kill xxxx',
> it doesn't go away.  Is there another way to get rid of it, short of
> restarting the box?

'kill -9 xxxx'  should do the trick.  Use it sparingly though.

-- 
     JB

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  • Killing a process that won't die
    • From: John Nichel

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