Kill running programs

[Golem!dk]

So how does one kill a program that will not close and is hogging up memory?

OWB does this sometimes when you try to download a file and it tries to load it as a web page instead.

On MorphOS you can use iKill, it's a shell command included with the system, it will take taskname as an argument, with no arguments the pointer changes to a crosshair, be careful where you click or hit escape if you change your mind.

[Golem!dk]

Some programs run in their own screen and can't be clicked on.

Why not?

[Golem!dk]

If I'm wrong, by all means correct me, it'll make me a happy camper.

Shell windows are MUI and you can move them (jump) to any public screen, alternatively some hotkey launching of iKill would allow you to start it on any screen.

[Golem!dk]

EDIT: Never mind, I catch your meaning now.

Does iKill have docs somewhere?

Not AFAIK, but from a users viewpoint the operation is fairly simple, I think the "i" in the name stands for intuition, so getting rid of intuition windows + related tasks is pretty much what it does. The single argument you can give it on the command line is a taskname, you can use the TaskList command to see current task states. There is no safe way to reclaim resources from dead tasks, so once you've saved whatever you're working on you should probably consider rebooting.