Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!auspex!guy From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: How to tell if a process exists Message-ID: <3872@auspex.auspex.com> Date: 10 Aug 90 18:53:25 GMT References: <3817@auspex.auspex.com> <1823@necisa.ho.necisa.oz> <7733@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara Lines: 6 > Hmmm -- must be running Reverse Polish Unix down under, 'cause my >manual sez: " kill [-sig] processid... ", and I've been doing it that way >for a looooooooong time. He was referring to the "kill()" library routine, not the "kill" command....