Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 22:22:16 -0500 From: trini0 <trini0@optonline.net> To: Viswanathan Prakash <prakash@ccs.neu.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Killing process Message-ID: <3A553DE8.381DC165@optonline.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0101042016320.15622-100000@bellatrix.ccs.neu.edu>
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Thanks guys, now my first script works like a charm.... :) Viswanathan Prakash wrote: > Use the back quotes. Command should be > > kill -9 `cat /var/run/inetd.pid` > > On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, trini0 wrote: > > > Its me again. When I tried kill -9 'cat /var/run/inetd.pid' (just an example), I > > get > > kill: Arguments should be jobs or process id's > > Im thinking its the shell. Im running 4.2S, so I think its the tcsh shell Im > > using. > > What should I do. > > Thanks > > > > trini0 wrote: > > > > > Thanks, guys. > > > > > > John Baldwin wrote: > > > > > > > On 04-Jan-01 trini0 wrote: > > > > > I cant find out where, but Im trying to kill a process by kill -9 > > > > > /var/run/*.pid, it keeps saying illegal process. I checked the archives > > > > > but found nothing. What is the correct syntax to define a process by > > > > > /var/run/*.pid. > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > kill `cat /var/run/foo.pid` > > > > > > > > kill takes the pid as its argument. /var/run/foo.pid is a file that contains > > > > the pid of the process. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > > > > PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc > > > > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > > > _____________________________ > > | trini0 | > > | | > > / ) | Systems Administrator | > > / / | Network Engineer | > > ( ( | email ==> | > > (((\ \> |/ ) trini0@optonline.net | > > (\\\\ \_/ /_________________________| > > \ / > > \ _/ > > / / > > / / > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > Prakash -- _____________________________ | trini0 | | | / ) | Systems Administrator | / / | Network Engineer | ( ( | email ==> | (((\ \> |/ ) trini0@optonline.net | (\\\\ \_/ /_________________________| \ / \ _/ / / / / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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