On 09/06/15 21:55, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I was copying some files to a newly set up USB HD, and then did some
umounts when done. Well they are still running, and
kill pid
is not killing them and they are taking up most of my cpu.
I have never seen 'kill' fail.
What can I do other than reboot?
Well, a kill will fail to kill if the process is a zombie or in an uninterruptable state.
If top doesn't show any zombies then the process is probably uninterruptable and I
think this shows up as a D state in top.
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It seems most people that say they are "done talking about it" never really are
until given the last word.