KILL Console Command Terminate PxPlus Process
 

This functionality is a +PxPlus Exclusive

Format KILL procid

Where:

procid Process ID of the task to be terminated.
   
Description The KILL command can be used to terminate a PxPlus process on the system (although technically it can terminate any process). The process id specified in procis will be verified as a currently running process and if so a terminate request will be sent to the task.

The KILL command will not allow a user to kill their own process.

   
Security The KILL command can be secured by creating a security program *it.dbg/security and placing a password on it. Whatever password is chosen for the program will be the password required to issue a KILL command. The contents of the program are not used so a simple remark line would as the program would be sufficient.

In addition Operating System security will also control who can KILL a process. Generally only a system supervisor (such as the Unix/Linux root userid) or a user with Administrator permissions can terminare processes.