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Generally any process may be terminated by sending the appropriate signal to it. The command to send signals to a process is called 'kill', and the various signals you can use are identified by 'kill -l' or by 'man kill'
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What is process in unix?
process control
What is process control in Unix?
process control
What is Unix configuration?
Unix configuration is the process of tailoring a freshly installed version of Unix to your particular environment. Each Unix system may do that differently.
What is portablity in terms of unix?
Unix is inherently portable; this means that a program, script, or process may be moved from Unix system to Unix system with little effort or change (hence - portable).
How the process shown would terminate?
yes
What does the command kill -9 do in Unix?
Kill is a program that can terminate or send a signal to process.kill -9 pidWould send signal 9 to process having specific pid. 9 Means KILL signal that is not catchable or ignorable. In other words it would signal process (some running application) to quit immediately.pid - process identifier.
Is unix a multi-process operating system or not?
Yes
The Unix and Linux service the runs in the background is known as the?
Any Linux/Unix process that runs in the background is called a 'daemon' process. The word derives from the Greek meaning "worker".
What is the parent process ID of an orphan process in UNIX?
Usually any orphaned process is owned by the 'init' process (process #1)
4 What is a process to Explain the mechanism of process creation in UNIX system?
Are u talking abt the KErnal process? A program under execution is called process. All processes in UNIX are created using the fork() system call. rest of the question not clear.. SiddharthGanguly
What does bg stands for in computer system?
BG is a command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems to run a job(process) asynchronously in the background.
Can a task manager be used to terminate a process?
Yes, but be careful as terminating the wrong process can crash the system.
