how to close an .app without using Kill - Shell Programming and Scripting

Tártaro · #1 (**permalink**) 03-27-2007

I want to close an application but to kill it seems to me very rude.I want to let it do her things before closing.Any idea? Thanks.

radoulov · #2 (**permalink**) 03-27-2007

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Originally Posted by Tártaro

I want to close an application but to kill it seems to me very rude.I want to let it do her things before closing.

What about kill (kill -term)?

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When killing a process or series of processes, it is common sense to start trying with the least dangerous signal, SIGTERM. That way, programs that care about an orderly shutdown get the chance to follow the procedures that they have been designed to execute when getting the SIGTERM signal, such as cleaning up and closing open files. If you send a SIGKILL to a process, you remove any chance for the process to do a tidy cleanup and shutdown, which might have unfortunate consequences.

bigearsbilly · #3 (**permalink**) 03-28-2007

usually I do it in this order to give it a chance to
sort itself out,

kill -HUP pid
kill -TERM pid

it can react to the above in a controlled way.
last resort of course

kill -9 pid

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