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mgeorge



Joined: 16 Sep 2003
Posts: 17

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:48 pm    Post subject: process wont die  

when I type ps -aux I get a process showing up that says:
root 1200 98.0 0.8 8488 512 ? R Oct05 2740:37 vim menu.css

I type in kill 1200, but I cannot kill the process, any ideas?


thanks.
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jtrh



Joined: 05 Oct 2003
Posts: 14
Location: Santiago, Chile

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:39 pm    Post subject:  

Have you tried kill -9 1200?
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sunny



Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Posts: 42
Location: New York, NY

Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:14 am    Post subject:  

jtrh wrote: Have you tried kill -9 1200?

kill -9 should be used as a LAST resort!

Visit http://speculation.org/garrick/kill-9.html for more info.

Sunny Dubey
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