[geeks] Re: geeks digest, Vol 1 #67 - 4 msgs

Kevin P. Inscoe geeks at sunhelp.org
Fri Apr 20 12:49:10 CDT 2001


> snip>
> 
> I discovered the "killall" behavior on IRIX the hard way.
> 
> "killall -9 httpd"
> 
> *everything stops*
> 
> "aw shit."
> 
> <quickly tell everyone the main CVS server crashed, reboot it>
> 
> My boss goes "okay, *I* know you're BSing, what did you do?"
> 
> "killall isnt the same on IRIX as it is on linux"
> 
> he laughed.
> 
> <snip>

That's not as bad as being on the first day of the job and logging in as
root on SunOS 4.1.3 and (while being in csh) doing "kill 1" opps I meant
"kill %1" DOH!

<Prarie Dog Time>

~kevin
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