killall(ADM)                    19 June 1992                    killall(ADM)


 Name

    killall - kill all active processes

 Syntax

    /etc/killall [ signal ]

 Description

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

    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(C)) to all processes not
    belonging to the above group of exclusions.  If no signal is specified, a
    default of 9 is used.

 File

    /etc/shutdown

 See also

    kill(C), ps(C), shutdown(ADM), signal(S)

 Note

    The killall command can only be run by the super user.

 Standards conformance

    killall is conformant with:

    AT&T SVID Issue 2.