killall man page on HP-UX

killall man page on HP-UX

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killall(1M)							   killall(1M)

NAME
       killall - kill all active processes

SYNOPSIS
       [signal]

DESCRIPTION
       is  a  procedure	 used  by  to  kill  all active processes not directly
       related to the shutdown procedure.

       is chiefly used to terminate all processes with open files so that  the
       mounted	file  systems  are no longer busy and can be unmounted.	 sends
       the specified signal to all user processes in the system, with the fol‐
       lowing exceptions:

	      the process;

	      all  processes  (including background processes) associated with
	      the terminal from which was invoked;

	      any process, if owned by

	      any process, if owned by

	      any process;

	      any process;

	      any process.

       obtains its process information from and therefore may not be  able  to
       perfectly identify which processes to signal (see ps(1)).

       If no signal is specified, a default of (kill) is used.

       is  invoked  automatically  by  The use of is recommended over using by
       itself (see shutdown(1M)).

FILES
SEE ALSO
       fuser(1M), kill(1), ps(1), shutdown(1M), signal(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								   killall(1M)

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