killall(1M)                                                     killall(1M)


   NAME
         killall - kill all active processes

   SYNOPSIS
         /usr/sbin/killall [ signal ]

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

         killall terminates all processes with open files so that the mounted
         file systems will be unbusied and can be unmounted.

         killall sends signal [see kill(1)] to all processes not belonging to
         the above group of exclusions.  If no signal is specified, a default
         of 9 is used.

   FILES
         /usr/sbin/shutdown

   SEE ALSO
         fuser(1M), shutdown(1M).
         kill(1), ps(1) in the User's Reference Manual.
         signal(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.

   WARNINGS
         The killall command can be run only by the super-user.


























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