Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Problem 6: Small questions

Killing a process is immediate. Ending or terminating the process ends a
process after it is finished doing what it is doing.

Roy
Using Kubuntu 12.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada


On 23 January 2013 06:57, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "highskywhy@..." wrote:
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> > Problem 6: Small questions
> > Good morning
> > What is the difference in the taskmanager
> > between
> > kill
> > and
> > terminate?
>
> Graphical programs are often just front ends for terminal applications. In
> a terminal type:
>
> man kill
>
> kill is probably kill -9 and terminate is likely kill -15
>
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> > *
> > Today the firefox was blocked.
> > I started a new terminal:
> > pidof firefox
> >
> > task id 1234 5678
> > kill 1234
> > kill 5678
> > But the tasks continued running.
> > How can I stop firefox?
>
> Try:
>
> killall -9 firefox
>
> Type:
>
> man killall
>
> for more information.
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> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Sophie
> >
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