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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:20:33 -0400
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Subject: Re: Many Cygwin (mintty) windows - How to close all?
From: Chris Sutcliffe <ir0nh34d AT gmail DOT com>
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>> Is there some sort of Cygwin command that -
>> 1. Closes all Mintty windows
>> 2. Unloads services - such as cron
>> 3. Exits X server
>>
>> in short, gets rid of all Cygwin processes so I can update & restart
>> without having to do all this myself.
>>
> I use the attached script (run it elevated on Vista and above) before
> updating with setup. This is only tested on Vista.

Doing a 'kill -9 -1' works for me in terms of getting rid of all my
mintty windows at once.  I'm not sure if it will kill services and
exit the X server as well.

Chris

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