cannot kill a process

[Ken McLennan]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> Shane McKinley wrote:
>   
>> I always use kill -9 XXXX, don't know if there is a difference.
>>
>> -9 is undocumented, but seems to work for me every time.
>>     
>
> Not undocumented but you have to know where to look: "man 7 signal" will 
> tell you that -9 is the same as -KILL.
>
>
> Nils
>
>   
    From where came the 'undocumented' comment? In my system it's right 
there under 'man kill'. I would have thought that it would be included 
in most man pages for the 'kill' topic. Not only that, but it was 
included in at least 3 beginner's guides that I've read so it's hardly a 
hidden feature.

See ya
Ken McLennan
Qld, Australia