kill



usage: kill [ -l ]

Ends the pico instances(s) stated after the kill command. If the -l option is used, a list will be displayed instead.

Note!

This command is valid only for the MZ_HOME owner.

Options

The command accepts the following option:

Option

Description

Option

Description

[-l]

Lists all running server processes.

Use this command only in operating systems that provide you with a reference to the started JVM, pid on Unix. This will cause an unconditional immediate termination of the running process, with no clean-up nor save operations.

Return Codes

Listed below are the different return codes for the kill command:

Code

Description

Code

Description

0

Will be returned if the command was successful.

1

Will be returned if there are not startables to kill, or if a process you want to kill is running but the pid file is missing, or if the you have no read permission for the pid file belonging to the process you want to kill.

2

Will be returned if the process you want to kill is not running, or if there is no such process available to kill.