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Re^3: Child process diesby imp (Priest) |
on Jan 05, 2007 at 15:37 UTC ( [id://593132]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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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