Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:31:02 -0500 From: "Jason A. Spiro" <jasonspiro4@gmail.com> To: Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Suggestion: rename "killall" to "fkill", but wait five years to phase the new name in Message-ID: <c241693f0912212231g5c380246kf12f7bde974bb734@mail.gmail.com>
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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 -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, trainer, IT consultant. I support Linux, UNIX, Windows, and more. Contact me to discuss your needs. +1 (416) 992-3445 / www.jspiro.com
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