Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:58:11 -0500 From: jhell <jhell@DataIX.net> To: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] [patch] pkill verbose option Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002031257280.41547@pragry.qngnvk.ybpny> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002031246160.37629@pragry.qngnvk.ybpny> References: <a0777e081002030700l53d9cae2v74a181315ed55277@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002031246160.37629@pragry.qngnvk.ybpny>
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On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:52, jhell@ wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:00, eitanadlerlist@ wrote: >> I added an option to pkill which lists what processes it kills and what >> signal is sent. If no signals are sent it prints out the same message >> killall does. >> > > Unfortunately that patch works but has unintended operation that can be seen > with the following. > > sleep 1000 & > pkill sleep > No matching processes belonging to you were found > [1]+ Terminated: 15 sleep 10000 > > It then kills sleep and still prints no processes belong to you message. > > Now pkill -v sleep on my system actually causes my Xserver to exit with a > unexpected signal 15. > > Without the patches it works as it should... > > Overhead endured. > > Ugh! ignore the pkill -v comment. Should have noticed the -V instead. -- jhell
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