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bonobo-slay

bonobo-slay(1)							   User Commands						    bonobo-slay(1)

NAME

       bonobo-slay - kill running bonobo processes

SYNOPSIS

       bonobo-slay [--help] [-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, --help      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	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       environ(5), attributes(5)

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2006.

SunOS 5.11							    6 Sep 2004							    bonobo-slay(1)

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