how to kill a process that is "defunct"?

[Jeff G.]

On 11/21/2010 10:21 AM, Steven Susbauer wrote:
> On Sunday, November 21, 2010, Jeff G.<connyank at cox.net>  wrote:
>> On 11/21/2010 04:02 AM, Tha.Suresh wrote:
>>>> Is there a way to kill that process?
>>>
>>> $ killall -9 transmission
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Tha, man pages don't show the -9 option - where did that come from?
>> Doesn't work for Thunderbird (as a test).
>>
>
> The man pages say you can kill with -s and a number or simply -number,
> this includes -9. The names and numbers of the signals are listed in
> the kill man page (an alternative is -KILL).
>
> The thunderbird process is most likely thunderbird-bin.
>
Ok guys, you're right - I was looking at info and man killall
not kill
thunderbird-bin - ok, thanks