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[gaf at mediaone.net (Jerry Feldman)]

On 10 Jun 97 at 19:25, John Abreau <discuss at tarnhelm.blu.org> wrote:

> That means you couldn't start your web server because it was already
> running. If the old one is hung, you'll have to kill it explicitly to free
> up port 80 before starting another instance.
BTW: The proper way to kill a running process is:
kill -TERM <process id>
or
kill -HUP <process id>

Then, if all else fails, kill -9 <process id>
The -9 is an unconditional kill, and a process can be killed without 
cleaning up. 

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Gerald Feldman <gaf at mediaone.net>
Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting