TKILL(1) LAM TOOLS TKILL(1) NAME tkill(1,2) - Terminate LAM on one node. SYNTAX tkill(1,2) [-dhvN] [-f <killfile>] OPTIONS -d Turn on debugging mode. This implies -v. -h Print the command help menu. -v Be verbose. -N Pretend; do not take action. -f <killfile> Use <killfile> as the name of the kill(1,2,1 builtins) file. DESCRIPTION The tkill(1,2) tool terminates the LAM session started by hboot(1) on the local node. tkill(1,2) makes use of a kill(1,2,1 builtins) file(1,n) created by the LAM kernel, which contains the process identifiers of every LAM process in(1,8) ASCII format. A SIGHUP (see signal(2,7)(3)) signal(2,7) is sent to every process listed in(1,8) the kill(1,2,1 builtins) file. tkill(1,2) waits a short period of time(1,2,n) for each process to die. By adding the debug option, the user can see the final disposition of each process. The mission is accomplished if(3,n) all pro- cesses end up dead. In LAM, the first process to be killed is always the kernel. When the kernel receives its termination signal(2,7), it propagates the signal(2,7) to all of its constituent processes. Therefore, tkill(1,2) will ordinarily be rac- ing the kernel to kill(1,2,1 builtins) all other processes. This redundant aspect of tkill(1,2) allows it to be used as a general purpose tool in(1,8) association with hboot(1). FILES /tmp/lam-$USER@<hostname> the kill(1,2,1 builtins) file(1,n), created by the kernel, where $USER is the userid, and <hostname> is the name of the local machine SEE ALSO hboot(1), lam-helpfile(5) LAM 7.0.6 May, 2004 TKILL(1)