From: Mike '/m' 

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:16:07 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:vo86j116b5v8bhqg79l5hrp35hir3dsb1u{at}4ax.com...
>
>> In the *nix's I have used, there is the regular kill (kill -15) that
>
>On AIX it's kill -9, can terminate anything, with extreme prejudice.

Yup, that's been my experience as well on the *BSD's that I use.   The
process is removed from memory, and the ashes of whatever is left are sweep up.

 /m

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