Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 02:30:50 +0100 From: Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tar just doesn't want to be KILLed Message-ID: <58127691761.20010305023050@binity.com> In-Reply-To: <20010304172518.B41178@mollari.cthul.hu> References: <139127338372.20010305022456@binity.com> <20010304172518.B41178@mollari.cthul.hu>
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[in reply to kris@obsecurity.org, 05-03-2001] >> 1. there's no way to get rid of an instance of tar (that's probably >> waiting for some IO to complete? >> 2. there's no way to umount a mount point held by such a process? > > No and no. See the KILL signal, and the -f option to umount. Sorry, I should have provided more information, but thought it too obvious. slash:~# killall -KILL tar slash:~# ps waux | grep tar root 8975 0.0 0.1 548 0 p0- DE 4:03AM 2:14.08 tar cvfl /mnt/dump/root.tar / slash:~# umount -f /mnt/dump umount: unmount of /mnt/dump failed: Device busy [btw, /mnt/dump is a dead NFS mount and tar is in the 'sbwait' state] -- The more aggressively you search for the most profound experience of your life, the more rigid, narrowing, dispiriting and routine it becomes. -- Matthew Klam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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