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NAME            kill -- terminate process with extreme prejudice



SYNOPSIS        /usr/adm/kill processnumber



DESCRIPTION     After ps (q.v.) has given you the unique ID of a

                process, you can terminate it by this command.  A

                core image is produced in the process's working

                directory.



                Only the super-user can exercise this privilege.



FILES           --



SEE ALSO        ps (VIII)



DIAGNOSTICS     yes



BUGS            If the process has executed sys nice (II) and

                there is another process which has not, but which

                loops, the first process cannot be done in prop-

                erly, since it has to be swapped in so as cooper-

                ate in its own murder.



                It would also be nice if ordinary people could

                kill their own processes.
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