this program is designed to assist in killing applications.

Specifically helpfull for killing win16 applications. 

There already is a good kill program called killproc available or pview
that can kill all processes.

However, for win16 processes these applications will either kill all ntvdm's
(ie all win 16 appliations under daytona), or a selected ntvdm.  Using
these applications there is no way to tell which ntvdm is the one for the
win16 application you want to terminate.

For this reason I implemented the kill and ps programs.

for help on the kill program issue the command 'kill' with no parameters
and you will get the follwoing output:
   
                      USAGE for kill Version 1.0 by L. Kahn (C) 1994               
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	 Kill [process_id] [-c classname] [-t [\"]textname[\"]]		  
	    WHERE either a process_id, a classname or a textname is required,
	      AND process_id is the id of the process you wish to kill (This can be
	          retrieved via the 'ps' (process status) program.
	          classname or textname are the class name or the textual (title) name
	          of the window(s) you wish to kill, also accessed via 'ps'
	 Quotation marks can be use around the text name in case it contains blanks.
	 The program will access the window (if terminating by class or textname)
	 and attempt to kill the application cleanly via a WM_CLOSE message.
	 If this fails (ie the app is not well behaved or is hung and not processing 
	 messages), then an attempt is then made to kill the entire process via a 
	 TerminateProcess call (ie termination with Extreme prejudice...<g>)!
	 If terminating by process id the entire process is terminated!
	 NOTE: This program will kill ALL applications/processes that match the 
	       search criteria!
	 NOTE: RE: terminating WIN16 applications - 
	 Since terminating an entire process can kill more than one application (i.e., 
	 if you haven't set up your win16 apps to run in separate NTVDM's), the 
	 recommended method to use this program is to issue 'ps' and get either the 
	 window class name or text name and then use the -c or -t options to terminate
	 only the application desired.



PS is modeled after the unix ps (process status) command and will enumerate
through all windows on the system listing the associated process id (PID)
and window class name and text name (ie the window title).

Based on this information you can figure out the name of the application
you want to terminate and then cleanly terminate it using the WM_CLOSE
message. This is assuming the application is a windows app and well behaved
(ie processes this message and also that it is not hung).  IF this method
of termination fails the entire process is then terminated anyway.

You can also terminate an entire process directly just like the killproc
program, except you must issue the command 'kill PID' where PID is the
process id returned from the 'ps' program.

NOTE: case is important when terminating by class or text name.

Here is an example output of the output from PS:


      Process List (by Window) program By L. Kahn (C) 1994
-----------------------------------------------------------------

   PID CLASS NAME           TEXT NAME
-----------------------------------------------------------------
    51 NDDEAgnt             NetDDE Agent             
     0 #32772                                        
   202 ConsoleWindowClass   I:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe - ps 
   200 ConsoleWindowClass   I:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe - e readme.nt
   198 UIW_MDIFRAME         Eudora                   
   198 ZINC_TASK_MANAGER    Eudora                   
   198 WOWExecClass         WOWExec                  
   221 UIW_WINDOW           Progress                 
   221 UIW_MDIFRAME         Eudora                   
   221 ZINC_TASK_MANAGER    Eudora                   
   221 WOWExecClass         WOWExec                  
   190 WOWExecClass         WOWExec                  
   198 ConsoleWindowClass   CSN Eudora               
   221 ConsoleWindowClass   Interpath Eudora         
   190 ConsoleWindowClass   Smtp Deamon              
    78 AppTermClass                                  
    78 AppTermClass                                  
    78 #32772                                        
    78 WFS_Frame            File Manager - [J:\*.* - ]
   130 TakoHachi            Task List                
   155 #32772                                        
   155 NTbanWClass          NTbanner                 
   130 ComboLBox                                     
    78 ComboLBox                                     
   147 #32772                                        
   147 SciCalc              Calculator               
   149 #32772                                        
   149 Volume               Volume Control           
   174 #32772                                        
   174 Cardfile             Cardfile - ADDRESS.CRD   
   130 #32772                                        
   130 Progman              Program Manager - AMBRA-TP60VL2\larry
   190 #32772                                        
   190 ISMTPD               IMAIL SMTP Server        
   189 #32772                                        
   189 MicroEMACS:frame     MicroEMACS               


For instance to kill all occurances of Eudora on your system you would
issue the command 'kill -t Eudora'

example output from this command:

J:\>kill -t Eudora
Attempting to kill/close Window UIW_MDIFRAME (Eudora) cleanly
  Window UIW_MDIFRAME (Eudora) closed!
Attempting to kill/close Window UIW_MDIFRAME (Eudora) cleanly
  Window UIW_MDIFRAME (Eudora) closed!

J:\>


To kill only the ipswitch smtp deamon you would issue the
command 'kill -c ISMTPD' or 'kill 190'

Example output from this command:


J:\>kill -c ISMTPD
Attempting to kill/close Window ISMTPD (IMAIL SMTP Server) cleanly
  Window ISMTPD (IMAIL SMTP Server) closed!

J:\>

An alternate way to kill only one of the eudora's would be to issue
the command: 'kill 198'



This program is freeware but all donations are welcome.

Source may be provided to specific users upon request for porting to other
platforms.


This new version has no changes but contains an alpha axp version
of the program .... many thanks to
Massimo Fontanelli <MC8737@mclink.it>

for compiling this version.....


larry kahn
6550 countryside drive
fayetteville N.C. 28311

910-630-0412

I can be reached for problems or comments at
71534,600 on compuserve
or kahn@kahn.pdial.interpath.net, kahn@drcoffsite.com, or kahn@csn.org