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Date:      Fri, 14 Jun 1996 23:10:46 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com>
To:        Jim Dennis <jimd@mcafee.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: swapper
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.93.960614230939.5103D-100000@chain.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: <201006142108.OAA17629@mistery.mcafee.com>

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On Mon, 14 Jun 110, Jim Dennis wrote:

>	Please tell me more about this syntax. 

There's nothing to it, really. kill -1 hups a process,
and swapper runs as process 0. Therefore kill -1 0 as root will hup
the swapper and restart it (effectively). It'll kill your current session,
but hey....

>	Where could I read more about this?

I couldn't find anything about it. One of the ugu (unix gurus) I know
does it.

Regards,
Khetan Gajjar.

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