killall(8)                          CLIX                          killall(8)



  NAME

    killall - Kills all active processes

  SYNOPSIS

    /etc/killall [signal]

  DESCRIPTION

    The killall command is used by /etc/shutdown to kill all active processes
    not directly related to the shutdown procedure.

    In addition, the killall command terminates all processes with open files
    so that the mounted file systems will be unbusied and can be unmounted.

    The killall command sends signal (see kill) to all processes not belonging
    to the above group of exclusions.  If no signal is specified, a default of
    9 is used.

  EXAMPLES

    killall 9


  FILES

    /etc/shutdown

  CAUTIONS

    The killall command can be run only by the superuser.

  EXIT VALUES

    The killall command exits with a value of 0 if successful and a value of 1
    if an error occurs.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands: fuser(8), shutdown(8), kill(1), ps(1)

    Functions: signal(2)











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