From: Mike '/m' 


I've never had kill -9 not work.   

I don't usually carry a debugger around.

 /m

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:19:16 +0100, "Paul Ranson"
 wrote:

>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
>news:l1b6j19bo6ummoit70h9snroig3mmjq5ui{at}4ax.com...
>> 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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