OASIS Command Reference

kill - Kill an OASIS3 driver task

Synopsis

kill <drvr_name>

Description

Kill unceremoniously kills the named driver task. To get a list of tasks that are currently running, use the dp command.

Kill first releases any mutex (mutual exclusion) semaphore that the task owns. It therefore releases ownership of the serial port. However, it does not release any memory, nor does it turn the instrument power off. (That's why it's important for drivers to allocate memory with tmpMalloc(), which gets re-initialized every power cycle). If you need power turned off, follow the kill command with a power command.

This command is both powerful and dangerous, and should be used sparingly.

Example

To kill the pCO2 driver:

kill pco2