apt-get

[Fred Roller]

On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 09:09 -0500, Joseph wrote:
> Rashkae wrote:
> > Joseph wrote:
> >   
> >> Dotan, what is this killall -0 apt-get command?  What does that do?
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > killall -9 <command> will send the "KILL" command to any process by that
> > name.  Normally, when you want to force close a program, you would use
> > the TERM signal, (which would be the default if you didn't use the -9
> > switch.). Term signal politely informs the process that a user with
> > adequate privileges has asked it to vacate the building, and assuming
> > the process isn't hopelessly hung up and broken, it should complete
> > whatever housecleaning it needs and close.
> >
> > The -9 Kill signal is the equivalent of sending in the Kernel security
> > team to shoot first and not bother with the questions.  The process is
> > is simply terminated by the system.  This should only be used as a last
> > resort if a process is completely unresponsive.... and should never be
> > used on a process that might be in the middle of modifying system or
> > data files.
> >   
> 
> Thanks...   very enlightening.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Joseph Snurr
> Cotter, AR.
> 
> "Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten." - Heard in Arkansas
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> 
> 
> 
> 

"killall" stops processes by name and

"kill" stops processes by PID number (a unique number that ID's the
process)

Being new have you learned about man page (manual pages).  From command
line in a terminal type

	man killall

man [command] will generally explain whatever command you are trying to
use, you will be referred to there often so just wanted you to know how.

Fred