Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:31:21 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shell command not working in ppp.linkdown Message-ID: <20000124.23312100@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <20000124222421.E409@marder-1>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/24/00, 11:24:21 PM, Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> wrote= regarding shell command not working in ppp.linkdown: > 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 Dear Mark Ovens, correct me I am wrong: if you issue "killall", you kill *all* the instances of a given "program" (which instances are *different*=20 processes), if you issue "kill",you should just kill one instance or process. I usually issue a "killall" to kill StarOffice when it behaves badly ... Although I have NOT used xtimer yet and I do NOT know how it works (how many processes etc.), this information might apply :-) N.B. my_fake_antispam_domain =3D=3D=3D> neomedia.it to e.mail to me. Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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