Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:55:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion: rename "killall" to "fkill", but wait five years to phase the new name in Message-ID: <loom.20091222T225239-120@post.gmane.org> References: <c241693f0912212231g5c380246kf12f7bde974bb734@mail.gmail.com> <200912221725.40074.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor <doconnor <at> gsoft.com.au> writes: > <snark> > Why not get Sun and HP to change killall to match Linux & *BSD > behaviour? > </snark> > > Although seriously, why not? killall just killing everything is a fairly > dangerous command with almost no use in the real world. Because I find that when I send feedback to closed-source software vendors, I often get no reply at all. But if any of you want to file an OpenSolaris bug or write to HP or any other of the Unix vendors who ship a dangerous killall command (I think most do), feel free. Please let us know that you've done so, to help us avoid duplication.
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