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RE: Xwin shutdown command line option
- From: "Phil Betts" <Phil dot Betts at heis dot co dot uk>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:25:01 +0100
- Subject: RE: Xwin shutdown command line option
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Vijay Kiran Kamuju wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> is there a way to shutdown the Xserver from command line
>
> No.
This should work:
kill -9 `pidof /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin`
Note that case is important here. It might be better to use a
different signal, SIGHUP seems like the most polite option, but I
don't know if XWin supports this.
Phil Betts
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