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     NAME
        
        fell - fell a process tree
        
     SYNOPSIS
        
        fell [process-id]
        
        ^C
        MCR>FELL<ESCAPE>
        
     DESCRIPTION
        
        `fell'  fells  the  process  tree hanging from `process-id'.  If no
        `process-id' is specified, the tree growing from the shell  invoked
        from  MCR  is  felled.  In  this  latter  case,  the  user will see
        termination messages  of  the  subprocesses  as  they  are  felled,
        followed  by  the  shell's  prompt.  If  the  terminal is currently
        operating in half duplex and the bottom  process  in  the  tree  is
        reading  the  terminal, the user may have to type an extra carriage
        return in order to cause the tree to topple.  Using  an  escape  as
        the  terminator for the FELL command eliminates an extra MCR prompt
        which garbages up the screen.
        
     SEE ALSO
        
        
     AUTHOR
        
        fell was written by Joe Sventek























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