Haven't actually read what this is all about (other than it's obviously about problems with KMail). I used KMail for a while but thought it was pretty lacking in features and usability. Now I just use Mozilla Mail and its great! :) Mozilla is a fabulous browser too (how did we ever live without tabs?). All the best, Josef Josef Davies-Coates http://www.uniteddiversity.com http://wiki.uniteddiversity.com Thomas Adam wrote:

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On 2003-06-19 13:06:18 +0100 Thomas Adam wrote:

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No, the only time a process would write a PID file is if it is a daeman.

Run mozilla and try ls -l $HOME/.mozilla/$USER*/*/lock. OK, it's a PID symlink, but I think the idea is the same? Some applications just don't like multiple instances.

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kill -9 $(cat /var/run/pid/pid.pid)

In many cases, you're better off using the shutdown script or pkill if you must be rude. (I know about killall, but that has different meanings in different places.)

Indeed, but you have to realise that using "pkill" kills processes by name. Using the above method is, umm, much more specific.

When you say "killall", you actually mean "killall5". Cough. Cough.

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but we're digressing... :)

Indeed.

It's all useful information :)

-- Thomas Adam

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