NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       killall5 -- send a signal to all processes.

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       killall5 -signalnumber

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       killall5  is the SystemV killall command. It sends a signal to all processes
 except the processes in its own session, so it  won't  kill  the
       shell that is running the script it was called from. Its primary (only)
       use is in the rc scripts found in the /etc/init.d directory.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       halt(8), reboot(8)

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl



				  27 May 1997			   KILLALL5(8)