This just about sums it up: "Don't use kill -9. Don't bring out the combine harvester just to tidy up the flower pot." (from this answer http://unix.stackexcha

This just about sums it up: "Don't use kill -9. Don't bring out the combine harvester just to tidy up the flower pot." (from this answer http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/8927 http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/8927)