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Old 02-15-2009, 12:55 PM   #1
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Hi All,

can anybody say whats the difference between SIGKILL and SIGTERM?

I know that both are to terminate the process but whats the real difference?
 
Old 02-15-2009, 01:28 PM   #2
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many many hits for "sigterm sigkill"... did you search first? Anyway... http://kerneltrap.org/node/16235
 
Old 02-15-2009, 09:57 PM   #3
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Thanks sir i got it from u.
 
  


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