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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 23:14:37 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Problem Killing
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 06:19:59PM -0800, Nasser Iranikhah wrote:
>I am trying to kill a batch file using "kill -f -9 <PID>" where PID is
>located by doing "ps -W", I get the following error:
>bash: kill: bad signal spec 'f'

kill is a bash built-in.  The kill.exe program that is documented in the
user's guide is a program.  To use the program you'll have to type something
like '/bin/kill -f pid'.

cgf

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