.right margin 75 .autoparagraph .literal KILL .end literal KILL is a program which will allow users to terminate processes that are logged in with the same username. This is useful for aborting endless batch jobs or hung terminals. .b Syntax: $ KILL pid .b Where "pid" is the 8 hexadecimal digit process identification number of the process to be aborted. This can be determined by using the DCL "SHOW USERS" or "SHOW SYSTEM" commands. The KILL program will determine if the process is valid and if the user is authorized to abort the process. It will then display attributes about the process and request verification (YES or NO) to continue. Typing "YES" will terminate the process. .b .literal 2 Restrictions .end literal .b KILL can only abort process with the same UIC as the user issuing the command. KILL will not allow class accounts to abort their processes. Processes cannot abort themselves with KILL