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From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: for(;;) fork();
Message-ID: <2876@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 89 03:15:23 GMT
References: <2464@netmbx.UUCP> <1346@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
Reply-To: dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
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In article <1346@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> tim@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Timothy Jones) writes:
>Doing a "kill -STOP" for each running process will freeze the programs
>(not allow them to regenerate).  Then, when they are all frozen, you can
>"kill -9" them successfully.

Say, what?

Did job control sneak into XENIX 386 or UNIX V.3/386? :-) :-)

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