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Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 06:21:16 +0000
From: "Kaleem Khan" <linuxuser8@gmail.com>
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Subject: kill -9?
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Hello Kernel experts,

I'd like to know whether there's a way to take some action (say
calling a routine) in
response to 'kill -9' before the process is terminated. I tend to
think it's against 'kill -9'
UNIX/Linux philosophy but still I'd like to confirm.

Thank you.