Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 01:36:57 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Lee Johnston <ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using kill Message-ID: <199709100036.BAA19743@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Sep 1997 20:28:42 BST." <3415A36A.167EB0E7@cyberworld.demon.co.uk>
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> Hi > > When I try to kill a process using kill -TERM 'cat /var/run/named.pid' > or similar it won't let. I keep getting the error message: > > No such pid cat /var/run/named.pid > > Is there a way to kill a process with out opening the pid file??? Your quotes are the wrong way 'round. Use kill `cat /var/run/named.pid` > Thanks > > ------------ > Lee Johnston > ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk > http://www.cyberworld.demon.co.uk > --------------------------------- -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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