Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:48:22 -0400 | From | "Christopher Friesen" <> | Subject | unkillable process in R state? |
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I have a process (an instance of a find command) that seems to be unkillable (ie kill -9 <pid> as root doesn't work).
Top shows it's status as R.
Is there anything I can do to kill the thing? It's taking up all unused cpu cycles (currently at 97.4%).
Thanks,
Chris
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