Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 13:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/5322: enhancement for kill(1) to search for a file ``/var/run/*pid'' Message-ID: <199712162100.NAA29140@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/5322; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE> To: imdave@Mcs.Net Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/5322: enhancement for kill(1) to search for a file ``/var/run/*pid'' Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 21:54:15 +0100 (MET) > It's really convenient to be able to name a process to be sent > a signal by name rather than having to do a ``ps'' and search for > the correct pid. Since many of the system daemons write a file Agreed, but I think this is done already pretty well by the killall(1) command, so I don't think, we need this enhancement to kill(1). Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. Wolfganghelp
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