On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:46:01 CST, "Milfajt, Robert" <[log in to unmask]> said: > # Stop LISTSERV server > if [ -f $LSVROOT/spool/listserv.PID ] ; then > pid=`cat $DATADIR/seekd.pid` > kill -9 $pid `ps -e -o pid -o ppid | awk "/ $pid\\$/ {print \\$1}"` You probably want kill -TERM instead, to allow a clean shutdown. -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech