[OFFTOPIC] Re: cua* vs ttyS*

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:51:20 +1200


On Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 09:46:27AM -0400, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> Isn't "init q" or "killall -HUP init" a better more safe bet? I
> know that init is PID 1, but if for some reason it wasn't, then
> your method would fail, whereas the 2 I've suggested would still
> work.

`init q' is a safer bet, `killall -HUP init' isn't a good idea
because the name init isn't terrible unique and might be used by
another process for something else (e.g. init shell script for
something to start up, who knows).

-cw

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