Re: [Sheflug] Re: Fetchmail

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And Lo! Tthe Great Prophet " Alex Hudson" uttered these words of wisdom...
>
> True, I was assuming SuSE since that's what Richard runs.

Yep. But I thought I'd be a pedant for those people that think "oo I
didn't know about that command" and read to pick up hints, ideas, etc., in
a more general view :) However, some systems don't even have killall
(OpenBSD being one).

>
> kill `pgrep fetchmail` also works, I think.
>

I didn't know about pgrep ... that's a new one for me to chalk up :)

> It probably would kill itself, thinking about it. But it would most
> likely be the very last process in the grep list, so... :o)

This is true... :)

> The ps/grep/cut thing was meant just to show TMTOWTDI, I think people
> use pgrep in real life :)

I don't [see above] ;)

Chris...

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