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From: r3jjs@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Jeremy J Starcher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Killing run away processes
Keywords: shell, kill
Message-ID: <712@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
Date: 8 Oct 90 03:07:10 GMT
References: <1990Sep29.024105.29939@chinet.chi.il.us> <1819@utoday.UUCP> <708@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> <1990Oct7.003133.16255@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Reply-To: r3jjs@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Jeremy J Starcher)
Organization: U of Akron Computer Center, Ohio
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I posted a shell script that should kill all process except the shells,
and was asked if it would work on runaway processes (spawing messes)..

To answer.. I am not sure..

Since I have never seen a run away process and our local VAX god would not
be pleased if I started one (ie. I might loss my account), I cannot say.

If the process does not spawn too quickly, it should.  

PS.  Depending upon local preformance, changin the 'grep' to 'egrep' might help
out quite a bit..


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