[X4U] Re: Tiger-unquittable/killable apps?- "Kill -9"

[Michael Nutt]

kill -9 is the WMD of process termination <g>  Just type "kill -9"  
followed by your process number.  Not sure if your normal admin  
privileges are enough; otherwise, "sudo kill -9 (process number)".

Good luck!

Mike

On May 20, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> You know, I keep seeing "kill -9" mentioned.  I know how to use  
> Terminal to kill a process like "Kill 257", but is "kill -9"  
> something specific?  I looked under man kill, and see that -9 is   
> "KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable)".  So when I kill a PID by  
> typing "kill 257", is that "using kill -9"?
>
> Thanks from the UNIX newbie.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On May 19, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I've seen this as well, and kill -9 in Terminal wouldn't even kill  
>> it.
>>
>> Seen it more in Tiger than even did in Panther, IIRC.
>>
>> TjL
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