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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 22:22:16 -0500
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To: Viswanathan Prakash <prakash@ccs.neu.edu>,
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Thanks guys, now my first script works like a charm....  :)

Viswanathan Prakash wrote:

> Use the back quotes. Command should be
>
> kill -9 `cat /var/run/inetd.pid`
>
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, trini0 wrote:
>
> > Its me again.  When I tried kill -9 'cat /var/run/inetd.pid' (just an example), I
> > get
> > kill: Arguments should be jobs or process id's
> > Im thinking its the shell.  Im running 4.2S, so I think its the tcsh shell Im
> > using.
> > What should I do.
> > Thanks
> >
> > trini0 wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, guys.
> > >
> > > John Baldwin wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 04-Jan-01 trini0 wrote:
> > > > > I cant find out where, but Im trying to kill a process by kill -9
> > > > > /var/run/*.pid, it keeps saying illegal process.  I checked the archives
> > > > > but found nothing.  What is the correct syntax to define a process by
> > > > > /var/run/*.pid.
> > > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > kill `cat /var/run/foo.pid`
> > > >
> > > > kill takes the pid as its argument.  /var/run/foo.pid is a file that contains
> > > > the pid of the process.
> > > >
> > > > --
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