From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 24 14:32:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA390159D4 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:32:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 18656 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2000 22:28:51 -0000 Received: from userbf72.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.142.93) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 24 Jan 2000 22:28:51 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA01265 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:24:21 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:24:21 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: shell command not working in ppp.linkdown Message-ID: <20000124222421.E409@marder-1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I start xtimer from /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup using bg xtimer but trying to kill it in ppp.linkdown with: shell kill `cat /tmp/xtimer.pid` doesn't work (/tmp/xtimer.pid contains *only* the pid). No errors anywhere, xtimer just keeps running, however: shell killall xtimer does work. Anyone any idea why the former doesn't work? -- "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture that allows you to install Windows too" -Matthew D. Fuller ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message