ptpkill

Description

ptpkill kills named processes on given hosts

Command Line Arguments

ptpkill [-m <machine_file>|-M <machine_list>] [signal] <pname>

-m <machine_file>

Specify a file with a list of destination machines. It is incorrect to use this with the -M option. This option must preceed all others.

-M <machine_list>

Specify a list of destination machines. The entire list must be surrounded by quotes. It is incorrect to use this with the -m option. This option must preceed all others. . [signal] - The signal to send. Can be a number or a name. If not given, the default signal is sent (see NOTES below and killall(1), pkill(1)).

<pname>

The name of the process to kill

Environment Variables

PT_MACHINE_FILE

If PT_MACHINE_FILE is set, the command will attempt to open the file whose name is stored in PT_MACHINE_FILE. This will be used if neither the -m or -M options are given.

Examples

To kill all processes named 'runaway' on the machines specified in the file "destination_machines" use

ptpkill -m destination_machines runaway

To kill the same processes, but specifying the machines on the command line, use

ptpkill -M "host1 host2 host3" runaway

To kill the same processes, but specifying the signal 9, use

ptpkill -m destination_machines -9 runaway

To kill the same processes, but specifying the signal SIGKILL, use

ptpkill -m destination_machines SIGKILL runaway

Notes

This command simply calls killall(1) on Linux and IRIX. It calls pkill(1) on Solaris. It is unavailable on other systems.

See Also

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