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From: reink@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Reinier Kleipool)
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 14:54:40 GMT
Subject: Re: SIGKILL and kill
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 If You want to alter the behavior of the kill Program, maybe it
could be altered is such a way that if the user asks for signal 9
the kill program first sends a SIGTERM, sleeps for ten seconds,
and then send a SIGKILL.
  In this manner users are still free to use (abuse) SIGKILL, but
(victim)programs would still have a 10 sec grace period....


Reinier Kleipool.