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KILL Console Command |
Terminate PxPlus Process |
KILL procid
Where:
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procid |
Process ID of the task to be terminated. |
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 procid 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 users to kill their own process.
(The KILL command was added in PxPlus v7.65.)
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; therefore, a simple remark line 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 User ID) or a user with Administrator permissions can terminate processes.