On 04/14/2012 10:54 PM, Hal wrote: > > > On 4/14/2012 8:08 AM, suvayu ali wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 21:09, Andrew Gray<andrewg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Again how do you kill a cp in UNINTERRUPTIBLE SLEEP !!! >> I'll repeat myself: "The only way to get rid of these processes is to >> wait or reboot." >> > > Pardon my stupidity, if you can observe ot determine the process number for the cp > operation it appears one could use 'kill' and one of its options to remove the > process. > > Ahhhh.....no.... When you do a "kill" you are sending a "signal" to a process and that process will act upon it depending on the signal. For example, if you did a "kill -1" to the named process it will cause it to reread its configuration files and zone files. Whatever process you send the kill to must be in a state where it can receive and process the signal. If you process is stuck in a WAIT state it won't "catch" the signal. The same is true of Zombie processes. Zombies are child processes whose parent process has died unexpectedly.; -- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. -- Dame Edna Everage -- 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
