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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 07:39:46 -0600
From: Charlie & <dtougas@converging.net>
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Subject: how to kill processes that don't want to die
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Hello,

How do I kill a process gone bad that does not want to die via
the normal 'kill -9 pid' command?  I have an instance of tar
that hung when writing to my atapi tape drive, and now there
seems to be no way to get rid of it.

Thanks,

Damien Tougas.


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