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Re^3: Child process diesby imp (Priest) |
| on Jan 05, 2007 at 15:37 UTC ( #593132=note: print w/ replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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SIGKILL does not allow for graceful shutdown as the process is never notified that it should stop - the kernel just removes it. You should only be sending a SIGKILL if the process is hung and will not shut down by any other means. Read man 7 signal for more information on signaling.
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