Re: New package: die

1995-11-23 Thread Karl Ferguson
> Erick Branderhorst writes ("New package: die"): > > Description: > > die: Kill a job by process name, instead of number. > > Can I ask a stupid question ? In what way does this program differ > from `killall', and wouldn't it be better to i

Re: New package: die

1995-11-23 Thread brian (b.c.) white
>Having lots of packages is good, but half a dozen (probably often >poor) implementations of the same tiny script in half a dozen >different packages doesn't seem optimal to me. Of course, there is always... alias zap 'kill \!:2* `ps -e | grep \!^ | grep -v grep | awk \{print\ \$1\}`' Crude, bu

Re: New package: die

1995-11-23 Thread Bill Mitchell
On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, Ian Jackson wrote: >[...] > I Having lots of packages is good, but half a dozen (probably often > poor) implementations of the same tiny script in half a dozen > different packages doesn't seem optimal to me. I'd expect a rash of package contributions as hordes of new debian

Re: New package: die

1995-11-23 Thread Ian Jackson
Erick Branderhorst writes ("New package: die"): > Description: > die: Kill a job by process name, instead of number. Can I ask a stupid question ? In what way does this program differ from `killall', and wouldn't it be better to integrate this a bit better in