'\"macro stdmacro
.if n .pH g1a.killall @(#)killall	40.6 of 1/17/90
.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.nr X
.if \nX=0 .ds x} killall 1M "Essential Utilities" "\&"
.if \nX=1 .ds x} killall 1M "Essential Utilities"
.if \nX=2 .ds x} killall 1M "" "\&"
.if \nX=3 .ds x} killall "" "" "\&"
.TH \*(x}
.SH NAME
\f4killall\f1 \- kill all active processes
.SH SYNOPSIS
\f4/usr/sbin/killall\f1
[ \f2signal\fP ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\f4killall\fP
is used by
\f4/usr/sbin/shutdown\f1
to kill all active processes not directly related to the
shutdown procedure.
.PP
.PP
\f4killall\fP
terminates all processes with open files
so that the mounted file systems will be unbusied and can be unmounted.
.PP
\f4killall\fP
sends
\f2signal\fP
[see
\f4kill\fP(1)]
to all processes not belonging to the above group of exclusions.
If no
\f2signal\fP
is specified, a default of
\f49\f1
is used.
.SH FILES
\f4/usr/sbin/shutdown\fP
.SH SEE ALSO
\f4fuser\fP(1M), \f4shutdown\fP(1M).
.br
\f4kill\fP(1),
\f4ps\fP(1) in the
\f2User's Reference Manual\f1.
.br
\f4signal\fP(2) in the
\f2Programmer's Reference Manual\f1.
.SH WARNINGS
The
\f4killall\fP
command can be run only by the super-user.
.\"	@(#)killall.1m	6.2 of 9/2/83
.Ee
