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From: johnl@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (John Lindwall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Suggestion for kill command.
Message-ID: <537@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
Date: 13 Oct 89 03:28:59 GMT
References: <26736@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <7877@cbmvax.UUCP> <1989Oct7.091824.8541@csusac.csus.edu>
Reply-To: johnl@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (John Lindwall)
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In article <1989Oct7.091824.8541@csusac.csus.edu> rohwerwd@csusac.UUCP (W. David Rohwer) writes:
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>I have a suggestion for the next version of the OS.  Can you include 
>a command to kill a process like the UNIX kill command?  It would make it
>easier for me to free up resources if a program goes out to lunch.  Also, it
>would prevent me from doing a warm reboot of my machine. 

I agree it would be VERY NICE to have kill on the Amiga. The problem is that it
requires that the OS do resource tracking, which it does not currently do.
Another nicety (well I consider it more than that) would be process protection.
As soon as EVERYONE has MMU's this becomes possible to make standard.  In
the interim you may consider GOMF (which reportedly can attempt to expunge a
process), AbortCommand (PD program which tries to kill a CLI-executed program,
or maybe the good ol' BREAK command (OK, OK :-) ).

In short I agree with your desire, but I don't think it is as easy as writing
a simple command.

Disclaimer: I have only used the PD GOMF 1.0.  I use AbortCommand a lot.
            I use BREAK only out of frustration, 'cause it rarely works,
            but makes me feel better for the attempt.

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