04-05-2005
zombies are already dead. To make them go away, kill their parent process (which really should be reaping its dead children). This will make init inherit the zombies and init will reap them.
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bonobo-slay
bonobo-slay(1) User Commands bonobo-slay(1)
NAME
bonobo-slay - kill running bonobo processes
SYNOPSIS
bonobo-slay [-h] [-i] [-l | s] [regexp]
DESCRIPTION
bonobo-slay cleans up bonobo processes that might have encountered lifecycle management issues.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-h Displays usage and help information.
-i Ask before killing the processes.
-l List running processes, but do not kill them. Not valid with the -s option.
-s Kill processes silently.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
regexp Only kill bonobo processes that match the specified regular expression.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Killing All Nautilus bonobo Processes Silently
example% bonobo-slay -s nautilus
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/bonobo-slay Executable to kill running bonobo processes
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-component |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.10 6 Sep 2004 bonobo-slay(1)