[OT] remove process or file [was Re: [plug] funny process name]

[Bernd Felsche]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 02:03:48PM +0800, Ben New wrote:
> Bernd Felsche wrote:
> 
> >I'm still waiting for
> >	rm proc/somenumber
> >to remove a process.
> > 
> >
> # mv /bin/rm /bin/rm.orig
> # vi /bin/rm
> for p in ${@#/proc/} ; do
> if [ -e /proc/$p ] ; then kill -KILL $p ; fi
> done
> /bin/rm.orig $@
> :w
> :q
> # chmod +x /bin/rm

Cheeses! I was looking for something in the filesystem.

> Not bulletproof! (I just whipped it up then) but it will work for "rm 
> 1234" or "rm /proc/1234"
> ;-)
> 
> I'm sure there's a better way to test for a process with given ID ($p) 
> other than testing for a file in /proc, but not sure how?

kill -0 $p && kill -KILL $p

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