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 (SIGKILL) is used.

       FILES
             /usr/sbin/shutdown

       REFERENCES
             fuser(1M), kill(1), ps(1), shutdown(1M), signal(2), signal(5)

       NOTICES
             The killall command can be run only by a privileged user.

             If the killall command is issued in an environment where a
             mouse is used, the mousemgr itself will be terminated.
             Subsequently, any process which uses a mouse (such as X
             Windows) will wait for the mousemgr indefinitely, since it no
             longer exists at this point.  Therefore, it is advisable to
             terminate any process that uses a mouse before issuing the
             killall command.















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