killall(1M)                                           killall(1M)



NAME
     killall - kills all active processes

SYNOPSIS
     killall [-n namelist] [signal]

ARGUMENTS
     -n namelist
          Specifies the name of an alternate namelist file in
          place of /unix.

     signal
          Specifies the signal to be sent (see kill(1)) to all
          remaining processes not belonging to the above group of
          exclusions.  If no signal is specified, a default of 9
          is used.

DESCRIPTION
     killall is a procedure used by /etc/shutdown to kill all
     active processes not directly related to the shutdown
     procedure.

     The killall command is primarily used to terminate all
     processes with open files so that the mounted file systems
     will be unbusied and can be unmounted.

FILES
     /etc/killall
          Executable file
     /etc/shutdown
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     fuser(1M), shutdown(1M)

     kill(1), ps(1) in A/UX Command Reference

     signal(3) in A/UX Programmer's Reference

















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