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
     15 (SIGTERM) is used.

     The killall command can be run only by the superuser.

LOCALE
     The LCMESSAGES environment variable governs the language in which
     message texts are displayed.

     If LCMESSAGES is undefined or is defined as the null string, it
     defaults to the value of LANG. If LANG is likewise undefined or null,
     the system acts as if it were not internationalized.

     If any of the locale variables has an invalid value, the system acts
     as if none of the variables was set.

     The LCALL environment variable governs the entire locale. LCALL
     takes precedence over all the other environment variables which affect
     internationalization.

FILES
     /usr/sbin/shutdown

SEE ALSO
     kill(1), ps(1), fuser(1M), shutdown(1M), signal(2).
















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