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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kill.c b/kill.c
index 260f4a074..c6dc79f65 100644
--- a/kill.c
+++ b/kill.c
@@ -224,12 +224,18 @@ extern int kill_main(int argc, char **argv)
else {
/* Looks like they want to do a killall. Do that */
while (--argc >= 0) {
- int pid;
-
- while((pid = findPidByName( *argv))) {
- if (kill(pid, sig) != 0)
- fatalError( "Could not kill pid '%d': %s\n", pid, strerror(errno));
+ pid_t* pidList;
+
+ pidList = findPidByName( *argv);
+ for(; pidList && pidList!=0; pidList++) {
+ if (kill(*pidList, sig) != 0)
+ fatalError( "Could not kill pid '%d': %s\n", *pidList, strerror(errno));
+ else
+ errorMsg( "killed pid '%d'\n", *pidList);
}
+ /* Note that we don't bother to free the memory
+ * allocated in findPidByName(). It will be freed
+ * upon exit, so we can save a byte or two */
argv++;
}
}