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sang_froid

01-11-2009 08:28 AM

kill -9 and kill -TERM

Hi,

what is the main difference between "kill -9 and kill -TERM" ?

AlucardZero

01-11-2009 09:26 AM

Code:

man kill

TERM (signal 15) may be ignored by the process, while KILL (9) may not.

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