[aklug] Re: mindbender

killall
  -> Store list of all processes that aren't mine
  -> Check their pattern
     -> Match -> Kill

from killall.c

...
self = getpid ();
...
if (!(pid = (pid_t) atoi (de->d_name)) || pid == self)
        continue;
...

I think the developer was aware of complete uselessness of process suicide.

On 03/24/2011 04:03 AM, bryanm@acsalaska.net wrote:
> Consider this command:
>
> $ killall killall
>
> In order to complete successfully, the process would have to
> prematurely terminate itself; which, of course, means that it
> would not complete successfully.
>
> It's a unix paradox!
>
> --
> Bryan Medsker
> bryanm@acsalaska.net
>
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Received on Thu Mar 24 09:26:57 2011