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Re: [cobalt-users] Kill

Zeffie wrote:

> kill?
> I come from a dos win enviroment.  and I can't help but feel that even if I
> kill some process I'm leaving memory gaps, or something that can cause
> problems down the line.  can anyone give me the confidence I so  rarely need
> to kill something?  and explain to me why this is a better solution?

Remember that Stephen King made for TV special?  Unix/linux has little
daemons that run around cleaning up memory.  Just like in the movie
<smile>.

Jeff
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