On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:47, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> How can I kill the broken cp operation ? > > killall -s SIGKILL cp This might not work always. I have faced similar issues with processes waiting to access a filesystem over the network. In these cases if there is a problem with the network it might get into an UNINTERRUPTIBLE SLEEP since it is waiting for I/O. The only way to get rid of these processes is to wait or reboot. In my case this was a tape drive over a network filesystem. The OP can check if this is indeed the case by doing $ ps uf If the "cp" process is in UNINTERRUPTIBLE SLEEP, the STATE of the process should be D. If not then you can ignore my comment. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
