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Closing programs (lemmy.nz)

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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 1 points 7 months ago

You can also try signalling the parent with a SIGCHLD. Most of the time it does nothing, and hey, you'd be using a stronger version of the kill command anyway if it doesn't work.