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Re: kill/killproc

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From: Marc SCHAEFER
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 00:00
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Sven Kirmess <Sven.Kirmess@gmx.net> wrote:
> killproc -TERM /usr/sbin/sendmail

> Kann mir jemand kurz erkl๏ฟฝren, wass killproc macht? (Keine man page zu
> killproc).

To my knowledge, it opens the file /usr/sbin/sendmail, then it
goes through /proc/[0-9]*/exe to find the right inode, then
it sends a -TERM signal.

Note that if the argument doesn't start with a /, the process
name is used instead of the file executing.

> kill -1 `head -1 /var/run/sendmail.pid`
> was bedeutet das -1 hinter kill? Ich find es nicht in der man page.

well, it should. It means the first line.
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