1TKILL(1)                           LAM TOOLS                          TKILL(1)
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NAME

6       tkill - Terminate LAM on one node.
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SYNTAX

9       tkill [-dhvN] [-f <killfile>]
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OPTIONS

12       -d             Turn on debugging mode.  This implies -v.
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14       -h             Print the command help menu.
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16       -v             Be verbose.
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18       -N             Pretend; do not take action.
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20       -f <killfile>  Use <killfile> as the name of the kill file.
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DESCRIPTION

23       The  tkill  tool  terminates the LAM session started by hboot(1) on the
24       local node.  tkill makes use of a kill file created by the LAM  kernel,
25       which  contains  the  process identifiers of every LAM process in ASCII
26       format.  A SIGHUP (see signal(3))  signal  is  sent  to  every  process
27       listed  in  the kill file.  tkill waits a short period of time for each
28       process to die.  By adding the debug option, the user can see the final
29       disposition  of  each process.  The mission is accomplished if all pro‐
30       cesses end up dead.
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32       In LAM, the first process to be killed is always the kernel.  When  the
33       kernel receives its termination signal, it propagates the signal to all
34       of its constituent processes.  Therefore, tkill will ordinarily be rac‐
35       ing  the  kernel to kill all other processes.  This redundant aspect of
36       tkill allows it to be used as a general  purpose  tool  in  association
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FILES

40       /tmp/lam-$USER@<hostname>     the  kill  file,  created  by the kernel,
41                                     where $USER is the userid, and <hostname>
42                                     is the name of the local machine
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SEE ALSO

45       hboot(1), lam-helpfile(5)
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49LAM 7.1.2                         March, 2006                         TKILL(1)
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