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.
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