Re: Killing a process that won't die

From: Josh Bressers (josh_at_bress.net)
Date: 04/30/04

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    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.

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