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Article #1412Re: Killing run away processes
From: Neil Rickert
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 1990 00:31
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 1990 00:31
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In article <708@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> r3jjs@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Jeremy J Starcher) writes: >kill -9 `ps -aux | grep $USER | grep -v -e -csh | grep -v 'sh zot' | cut -c10-15 | paste -s -` When our current system was installed about 5 years ago, someone wrote what he thought was a simple program: It and all of its children finished up in infinite forking loops. Have you tested your script on such a beast? -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115. +1-815-753-6940
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Killing run away processes Keywords: shell, kill Message-ID: <1990Oct7.003133.16255@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 7 Oct 90 00:31:33 GMT References: <1990Sep29.024105.29939@chinet.chi.il.us> <1819@utoday.UUCP> <708@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 14