I'll "try it again". In all fairness, I started using this method more than two years ago when kill - I would guess - really DID have a problem killing some windows processes. It may indeed be that it got fixed somewhere between now and then - or that I'm an idiot. Either way, if it now works - I'll smile.
"Cygwin" - comes with a lifetime "money back guarantee" if not satisfied for any reason! ;-) Brian Kelly "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@cygwin.com on 07/06/2003 08:37:15 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Brian Kelly/WTC1/Empire) Subject: Re: the "kill" command On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 08:24:12PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >You have a point. I cannot kill some windows in processes "directly" within >the bash environment either. >But this works EVERY time: > > cmd /c kill --force <PID> > >Try it, you'll like it. Or, you could just do what I suggested, which is much easier than the above. >p.s. It'd be nice if it worked "as advertised" ;-) It works as advertised. You just have to meditate on the difference between a bash built-in and an actual program like /bin/kill.exe . -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ "WellChoice, Inc." made the following annotations on 07/06/2003 09:19:12 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attention! This electronic message contains information that may be legally confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Release/Disclosure Statement -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
