[tor-commits] [stem/master] Present a safer pkill command

[atagar at torproject.org]

commit daed7bca9f930e03a89ce8a4254e02a5310a0fc1
Author: Damian Johnson <atagar at torproject.org>
Date:   Wed Aug 12 15:41:46 2020 -0700

    Present a safer pkill command
    
    pkill's '-x' flag picks a process via an exact match rather than a regex.
    Caught thanks to uokf...
    
      17:16 < uokf> I'd like to make a suggestion to change https://stem.torproject.org/faq.html#how-do-i-reload-my-torrc
      17:17 < uokf> it says pkill -sighup tor
      17:17 < uokf> but it should say pkill -x -sighup tor
      17:17 < uokf> pkill sends the signal to all matching pids
      17:18 <@arma> so if you have a process called 'extractor' then it'll hit that one too?
      17:18 <@arma> that seems like a good bug. can you open a ticket for stem? i think atagar likes his tickets in github but i'm not sure.
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 docs/faq.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index a7333fc7..50c9786a 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ Tor is configured through its `torrc
 you need to either restart Tor or issue a **HUP** for the changes to be
 reflected. To issue a HUP you can either...
 
- * Run **pkill -sighup tor**.
+ * Run **pkill -x -sighup tor**.
  * Send Tor a **HUP** signal through its control port...
 
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