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Re: How do I kill a grandchild process from shell program?


On 2006-10-24, Jim Seymour <nntp.ff@thentao.com> wrote:
> Lev Bishop wrote:
> > On 10/23/06, Jim Seymour <nntp.ff@thentao.com> wrote:
> >
> >> However, if things don't work fine, the background process sticks around
> >> to plague me later.
> >>
> >> I'd like to end my main script by killing the background process (if
> >> it's still around), but I'm having a helluva time figuring out HOW.
> >
> > How about:
> > $ killall <progname>
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, "killall" is not part of my Cygwin 
> installation - and I don't see which package contains it.

>From a shell prompt, execute

    cygcheck -p killall

or in a browser, go to http://cygwin.com/packages/ and "Search 
Package List:" for "killall".

Gary

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Gary Johnson                 | Agilent Technologies
garyjohn@spk.agilent.com     | Wireless Division
                             | Spokane, Washington, USA

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