kill -9 doesnot work

[Robin Laing]

Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi ALL
> 
> kill -9 doesnot work
> 
> [root at e guptavi]# ps -eaf | grep bdc
> root      3218  3126  0 17:28 ?        00:00:00 ./bdc_switcher an -n
> an_adb_switcher-d01 -b adb_switcherpre.tcl -a adb_switcherpost.tcl -p
> 22001 -vvvvvvvv
> root      4240  4191  0 18:01 pts/1    00:00:00 grep bdc
> [root at e guptavi]#  kill -9 3218 3126
> [root at e guptavi]#
> [root at e guptavi]# ps -eaf | grep bdc
> root      3218     1  0 17:28 ?        00:00:00 ./bdc_switcher an -n
> an_adb_switcher-d01 -b adb_switcherpre.tcl -a adb_switcherpost.tcl -p
> 22001 -vvvvvvvv
> root      4243  4191  0 18:01 pts/1    00:00:00 grep bdc
> 
> Any clue
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> 
> Kaushal
> 

If the process is waiting for something else to end, it could take some 
time to die.  I ran into this the other day while trying to do something 
with a DVD drive that was acting up.

That is the only thing that I can think of.

-- 
Robin Laing