On Sat, 2012-04-14 at 23:14 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > 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. Exactly. The correct view of "kill -9" is not that you kill the process but that you order the process to commit suicide. If it's not listening, no amount of shouting is going to make a difference. poc -- 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