killing processes

[David A. Bandel]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Machiel Richards
<MachielR at agilitytech.co.za> wrote:
> I am not sure as to why it is not exiting....
>
>        Here is the command that is stuck:
>
> oracle    3074     1  0 Nov28 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh -c rm -f /backups/yarona/ARC* 1>/dev/null 2>&1

Oracle.  Expletives deleted.

Is the oracle db running while you're doing this?  If it is, could it
have any of those files open that your script is trying to delete?  If
so, try shutting down oracle then restarting.  Do that anyway (stop
and restart Oracle).  Something is most likely writing to these files
when you're trying to delete them.  Kill that and your problem will be
solved.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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