From: "Paul Ranson" 

Things may have changed but I'm pretty sure that 'kill -9' can have no
effect in some conditions, if the process is blocked in some system calls
for example. IOW the signal will be handled when the call returns, but the
call never returns and isn't interruptible.

If you get an NT process you cannot terminate try attaching to it with a
debugger, that usually makes it see sense.

Paul

"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
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> Should be:
>
> In the *nix's I have used, there is the regular kill (kill -15) that
> nicely  asks the app to shutdown.  Then for those obstinate apps, there
> is the kill option (kill -9) that pretty much just terminates the
> process, releases memory, and brushes the crumbs off the table.
> Obviously, you do not use kill -9 on a whim, but it is nice to know it
> is there when needed.
>
> /m

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