KILLALL5(8)	     Linux System Administrator's Manual	  KILLALL5(8)



NAME
       killall5 -- send a signal to all processes.

SYNOPSIS
       killall5 -signalnumber

DESCRIPTION
       killall5 is the SystemV killall command. It sends a signal to all pro-
       cesses except the processes in its own session, so it won't  kill  the
       shell  that  is	running	 the  script  it was called from. Its primary
       (only) use is in the rc scripts found in the /etc/init.d directory.

SEE ALSO
       halt(8), reboot(8)

AUTHOR
       Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl



				 27 May 1997			  KILLALL5(8)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. killall
2. kill
3. script