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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: killall behaviour
From:       Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2014-09-15 23:28:35
Message-ID: 201409160128.35450.vda.linux () googlemail ! com
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On Friday 05 September 2014 18:22, Harald Becker wrote:
> Hi Denys !
> 
>  > Unfortunately, there is no commonly agreed definition of
> > "program named FOO".
> 
> ... but standard usage cases should be acted on correct:
> 
> Think of:
> 
> ln -s /bin/Busybox ntpd
> ln -s /bin/Busybox syslogd
> ln -s /bin/Busybox klogd
> 
> ntpd ...
> syslogd ...
> klogd ...
> 
> Busybox killall ntpd
> 
> ... will not only kill ntpd, but also syslogd and klogd ... do you think 
> anyone expect this?

No, it won't. Try it.

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