[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #1944: Kill command don't work with process names

  • From: "kallisti5" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:13:08 -0000

#1944: Kill command don't work with process names
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   Reporter:  tqh                              |      Owner:  axeld
       Type:  bug                              |     Status:  new
   Priority:  normal                           |  Milestone:  R1
  Component:  Applications/Command Line Tools  |    Version:  R1/pre-alpha1
 Resolution:                                   |   Keywords:
 Blocked By:                                   |   Blocking:  4687, 8162
Has a Patch:  1                                |   Platform:  All
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Comment (by kallisti5):

 Replying to [comment:13 anevilyak]:
 > Replying to [comment:12 kallisti5]:
 > > Yeah, but it really isn't the posix way.  killall is more correct.
 >
 > That may be the case, but we're not always aiming to limit ourselves to
 exactly what the posix spec says. In this case, I'd say it's more
 convenient to the user to also support it in kill, which I might add R5
 did as well.

 Ah.. if R5 did it then yeah, kill may be the better place for this :)

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