Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:17:52 -0500 From: jhell <jhell@DataIX.net> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggestion: rename "killall" to "fkill", but wait five years to phase the new name in Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912221409400.21806@qvfongpu.5c.ybpny> In-Reply-To: <c241693f0912212231g5c380246kf12f7bde974bb734@mail.gmail.com> References: <c241693f0912212231g5c380246kf12f7bde974bb734@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:31, jasonspiro4@ wrote: > Dear Craig, thanks for maintaining the "killall" command on Linux. > Dear hackers, thanks for maintaining it on FreeBSD. > > Naming it the same as System V killall, which just kills all > processes, can wreak havoc. When someone types a standard Linux > killall command line as root on a Solaris or HP-UX server, System V > killall runs and kills all processes. > > It might be good if you'd rename it to something else. Not "akill" > (All Kill): it looks like IRIX probably ships with something called > akill already, so this would be confusing. Maybe "fkill" (Friendly > Kill). > > You could do this in phases: for the first five years, > /usr/bin/killall could print a warning onscreen, then function as > usual. After five years, it could cease to function unless you call > it as "fkill". > > Craig, and hackers, are you both willing to do this? > > -Jason > This is what shell aliases are for and what a system admins job consist of. If it gives you that much of a problem just alias it out for your self in your .cshrc .shrc .bashrc .bash_profile etc. If you want to change something on a more per user basis figure out how to setup a skeleton directory so when a new user is created they get all the files from that skel copied into there home. If it is more of a system-wide change then the shell files in /etc will probably be of more use. PS: Applying your changes to a mailing list are not const. -- Tue Dec 22 14:09:40 2009 jhell
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