Re: pkill.c warn when "no such process"

Re: pkill.c warn when "no such process"

This is a discussion on Re: pkill.c warn when "no such process" within the mailing.openbsd.tech forums, part of the OpenBSD category; --> Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > You are certainly right. But my point was, that in one case (rm) it is ...

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Re: pkill.c warn when "no such process"

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02-23-2008, 04:12 AM

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Re: pkill.c warn when "no such process"

Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> You are certainly right. But my point was, that in one case (rm) it is
> appropriate for the system to output an error message, if it cannot
> perform an action that the user requested, and in the other case (pkill)
> it's not.
>
> -Heinrich

pkill(1) and pgrep(1) were imported almost 9 releases ago... based on commands defined by another operating system.

Why should the behaviour be changed now?

It could break countless numbers of scripts..

-Nix Fan.

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