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From: ag@cbmvax.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How do you handle while(1) fork(); ?
Message-ID: <13220@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 15 Jul 90 21:44:04 GMT
References: <1655@yenta.alb.nm.us> <3651@auspex.auspex.com>
Reply-To: ag@cbmvax (Keith Gabryelski)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Unix; West Chester, PA
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In article <3651@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
>If you have a "getty" running on a terminal, you should log in as "root"
>on that terminal; your shell uses the same process slot as the "getty",
>and the "reserved" slot probably isn't taken up yet, thus increasing the
>chances that slot will be available for "kill".
>
>Alternatively, if you have a shell where "kill" is a built-in (e.g.  the
>C shell), the "kill" won't require another slot.

Alternately, if kill in not a built-in, you could use:

	$ exec kill -15 -1

Risky because kill will take over the process slot and you will be
logged out but possibly useful to know.

Pax, Keith