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From: backstro@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
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Subject: Re: Process Killing (SQUISH!)
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Date: 27 Mar 88 16:45:00 GMT
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/* Written  3:04 pm  Mar 21, 1988 by lel@wuphys in silver:comp.sys.amiga.tech */
/* ---------- "Process Killing (SQUISH!)" ---------- */

	Many moons ago, there was a discussion on the net about
killing errant processes.  Obviously, since the Amiga doesn't
implement resource tracking, killing a process would be difficult.
Now, I am NOT a guru, so I'm sure I must be missing something here.
Why not write a program that lists all processes and their priorities.
Then allow the user to select a given process via mouse and have that
process "killed". This could be done by changing the process's
priotity to, say, -256.  Then, start another process with priority
-255 that just EATS CPU time (a simple loop or something pretty).
You could do this directly by fiddling with exec's lists but I'd hate
to fiddle with these. Next, close all windows and screens the process
(by clicking on them if necessary, ala GOMF 1.0).  In
general, clean up everything you can find.  

Question, would it be safe to just remove the process from the queue
rather than setting it's priority to -256 and setting up another
process at -255? 

I'd sit down and write this thing if I had time.  It could be VERY
useful.  Especially since I have plenty of fast ram but only .5 meg
chip.  The screen of an errant program can gobble a lot of this.

Why hasn't this been done?  It would be easier than GOMF...

Any gurus out there have any better ideas?

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