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Old 01-06-2010
Verifying killall command usage
Code:
killall -KILL rdiff-backup

Is it a valid command coz i couldn't find a -KILL option for killall in the man page.
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Old 01-06-2010
Hi.

-KILL is not an option, it's a signal.

Quote:
-SIGNAL Send a different signal instead of the default TERM. The signal may be specified either as a
name (with or without a leading SIG), or numerically.
Code:
$ killall -KILL bash
No matching processes belonging to you were found
$ bash
bash-3.2$ killall -KILL bash
Killed
$

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