Re: [aclug-L] netscape

[Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can send any process a SIGKILL signal to make it die. Type:

kill -KILL <pid>   or
kill -9 <pid>

SIGKILL is one of two signals that a process can not ignore or catch
and process differently than default. Therefore it will kill anything.


On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 08:22:13AM -0500, phrostie wrote:
> everyonce in a great while my netscape goes runaway.
> 
> it locks up, then won't die.
> 
> i run top to get the PID
> 
> then do kill "PID#"
> 
> but it won't die.
> 
> it does not happen very often,
> 
> but i would like to know how to kill it,
> 
> with out rebooting.
> 
> --
> phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
> and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.
> http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy
> 
> 

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