Re: Killing a process tree?

On 07 Mar 2006 03:23:17 GMT, x0054 wrote:
Bit Twister <BitTwister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in

Well, you could use ps to get process and parent process pid,
match subprocess to parent process, and kill in reverse order.


Right... I was hoping there would be an easier way. Isn't there a program
that does that :(

Not that I am aware of without using

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to see if someone provided one.

You would think a ps piped into sort would give the parent/subprocess
tree you would travel in a loop. Output processes to kill into a file
for reverse sorting by subprocess and start killing the new sort results.
This assumes, process ids have not rolled over. :)

Once you get it working, you could post it with something like
Subject: Killing a process tree (SOLUTION)

For someone to find with a search engine. :)

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