restart a process

mum_03 · 04-16-2003, 11:22 AM

hi list -

i want to restart a process, but don't know how to supply pid of this process to kill. my script is

1. ps -ef | grep PROCESS > file (### to get current proces id )

2. cut -c8-15 file (### to get only pid)

3. I want to give the output of #2 as an argument to
kill -HUP command

Pls help.

thnks in advance

Donald1000 · 04-16-2003, 11:36 AM

Try this:
kill -9 `ps -A | awk ' ($4=="programmtokill") {print $1}'`

EvilTwinSkippy · 04-16-2003, 06:00 PM

The killall will pattern search for the name of the program that is running the process

killall -9 named

will nuke all of the name server processes on the machine, without predjudice.

mum_03 · 04-19-2003, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Donald1000
Try this:
kill -9 `ps -A | awk ' ($4=="programmtokill") {print $1}'`

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hi Donald1000 -

thks for your support. however above soln did not help. It just killed the process - whereas i want to restart the PROCESS / program.

look forward to your response

phoeniXflame · 04-19-2003, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mum_03
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hi Donald1000 -

thks for your support. however above soln did not help. It just killed the process - whereas i want to restart the PROCESS / program.

look forward to your response

kill -HUP process

???

EDIT: sorry, I didnt read your first post fully

Donald1000 · 04-21-2003, 12:43 PM

Hi!
I don't know a command, that can restart the programm, but you can write a Shell Script like this:
----
#!/bin/sh
kill -9 `ps -A | awk ' ($4=="programmtokill") {print $1}'`
/usr/local/bin/programm to start
----
Make it executable with "chmod +x (filename)"
First it kills the programm pids and then restart it.
I hope it helps!

acid_kewpie · 04-21-2003, 12:51 PM

well the -HUP will cause the program to reinitialize, they already seem to know that, so why they haven't just obiovusly replaced -9 for -HUP i'm not sure really.....

taarnak · 04-21-2003, 02:37 PM

I have the following command in my script to restart named, hope it helps:

kill -HUP `cat /etc/named.pid`