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authorSami Kerola2016-08-08 22:50:19 +0200
committerSami Kerola2016-08-14 14:30:16 +0200
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kill: remove pid command-name to option alias
Removal was promised to happen in March 2016 and the time has come to get rid of this unexpected feature. Reference: c5b057b3422504a671ee588fa66574ae876521f1 Reviewed-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net> Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@ uid as the present process.
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pid\fR
Only print the process id (pid) of the named processes, do not send any
signals.
-.IP
-The \fB\-\-pid\fR option is automatically enabled when the \fBkill\fR command
-is invoked with the name of
-.BR pid .
-This functionality is deprecated, and will be removed in March 2016.
.TP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
Print pid(s) that will be signaled with kill along with the signal.