On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 12:18:39PM +0000, Hugh Saunders wrote: > so now we have the understanding, why dont they die? > > anni:~# ps -C xine -o pid= > 1609 > 1610 > 1618 > 1619 > 1620 > anni:~# ps -C xine -o pid= |xargs kill > anni:~# ps -C xine -o pid= > 1609 > 1610 > 1618 > 1619 > 1620 > anni:~# Try 'xargs kill -9'? -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]