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From: 6600mld@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Matthew Deter)
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Subject: Re: Killing Running Processes
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Date: 14 Jan 90 00:03:39 GMT
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In-reply-to: schur@venera.isi.edu's message of 13 Jan 90 20:18:25 GMT

In article <11397@venera.isi.edu> schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) writes:

   I have what I hope is a simple question. How do you kill processes running
   in the background on the Amiga? I have tried using the BREAK command 
   (BREAK 5 ALL), but it never seems to work. Everytime I do a status command
   after a BREAK, the process is still there. Is there any other way to kill 
   processes? I am used to UNIX where I can just use KILL.

There is a program called abort which will do what you ask.  Sort of.
Since the Amiga doesn't track all its resources (as I understand it)
the equivilent of Unix's KILL simply doesn't exist.  Abort works very
well on tasks running in CLI windows, and will also kill off tasks
with screens, but it will not reclaim the screen (or the memory its
eating.)  The program ought to be available on a local BBS, or maybe a
fish disk.  If you can't find it, I'd be willing to mail you a copy.

   Thanks in advance.

   - Sean Schur
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