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Signal: KILL

This signal causes your program to terminate. This signal cannot be caught or ignored. This is always signal #9. To terminate a process IMMEDIATELY, send it a signal 9. Note the process will not have a chance to clean up.

Note:

  • ZombieProcesses in the "Z" state cannot be killed, they are dead already and are waiting on their parents to reap them
  • Processes that are blocked in the "D" state will not die until they recover from their D status.