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In propaganda <9131517.29262@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, comrade carl@ecr.mu.oz.au (Ivan the TERRIBLE) rambles:
>I've got an A500, 512 chip, 512 fast, 2 drives.  
>I have a problem with csh.  When I background a task, 
>I can then look at it using ps, but can't work out how to
>kill the process.  

You can use the Amigados command "break", which will insert a ctrl-c (or a
specified break-key) into its main input. HOWEVER, it's up to the program to
pay heed to the ctrl-c signal, and not very many programs do that (Well-
designed programs do). It's dangerous to just kick-out a program, as there's
no memory-segmentation or address-mapping on a "standard" amiga (i.e. one
without an mmu), so while the program is dead, its screens, buffers,
copperlists, etc. etc. may (probably) still exist.

There are progams that will allow you to terminate processes forcibly (ARTM
is quite good, as it allows you to close windows and screens, and many other
things. I understand that GOMF guru will also let you banish processes). However
this is a 'risky business'.

MHG.