[techtalk] Is there a Kill -8, too?

[Amanda Knox]

Just This Girl wrote:

> Did you try 'kill pid' or 'kill -9 pid'? 'kill -9' should bring down
> anything.

Simple question (I hope):

Why is it '-9' exactly? Are there different kill levels or something? What if
I typed 'Kill -1'? Just curious, and I doubt I would have the know-how to
find that exact answer in the man pages ;)

Take care,
Amanda (who should probably start calling herself Amanda K. now, since
there's another Amanda on the list *smile*)


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