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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it>
Cc: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net>,
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Subject: Re: kill -HUP 1 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 29 Dec 1999 10:37:34 +0100."
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:43:51 +0200
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On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 10:37:34 +0100, Stefano Riva wrote:

> >So I have been doing:
> >kill 1 -l
> 
>   You're sending a TERM signal (kill's default) to PID 1. The "-1" argument
> must be placed before PID(s);

Actually, Duke's using -l (minus ell), not -1 (minus one).

>   Next time try "man kill". :-)

Not very helpful advice, given that the csh shell has its own builtin
kill command.

Personally, I'm just as confused as Duke is over this one. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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