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  • Committer: Package Import Robot
  • Author(s): Sandro Tosi
  • Date: 2012-06-03 10:57:27 UTC
  • mfrom: (1.2.6)
  • Revision ID: package-import@ubuntu.com-20120603105727-rm7frl4feikr2swm
Tags: 6.5-1
* New upstream release
* debian/watch
  - updated
* debian/abs-guide.lintian-overrides
  - updated for new upstream code
* debian/control
  - bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no changes needed)

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kill-process.sh
 
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#!/bin/bash
 
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# kill-process.sh
 
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NOPROCESS=2
 
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process=xxxyyyzzz  # Use nonexistent process.
 
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# For demo purposes only...
 
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# ... don't want to actually kill any actual process with this script.
 
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#
 
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# If, for example, you wanted to use this script to logoff the Internet,
 
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#     process=pppd
 
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t=`pidof $process`       # Find pid (process id) of $process.
 
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# The pid is needed by 'kill' (can't 'kill' by program name).
 
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if [ -z "$t" ]           # If process not present, 'pidof' returns null.
 
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then
 
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  echo "Process $process was not running."
 
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  echo "Nothing killed."
 
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  exit $NOPROCESS
 
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fi  
 
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kill $t                  # May need 'kill -9' for stubborn process.
 
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# Need a check here to see if process allowed itself to be killed.
 
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# Perhaps another " t=`pidof $process` " or ...
 
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# This entire script could be replaced by
 
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#        kill $(pidof -x process_name)
 
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# or
 
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#        killall process_name
 
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# but it would not be as instructive.
 
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exit 0