Hi Hal, On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 16:54, Hal <hal@xxxxxxxxx> 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. And I will repeat myself again: You _cannot_ kill a process in uninterruptible sleep. Only way to get rid of this is to wait for it to finish, or reboot the system. If you could interrupt it (sending SIGKILL is a type of interruption), it wouldn't be called uninterruptible sleep would it? Some reference: <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/223644/what-is-an-uninterruptable-process> -- 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
