[timgws]

PIDs from Windows are not exposed when looking at /proc, so I am guessing you will not be able to `kill -9 explorer.exe` unless there is some real voodoo going on (and then it would not be POSIX compatible, anyways).

I think the command that you meant to say was killall :) `kill` will only kill pids, not process names.

[JdeBP]

This was one of the selling points of the old Windows NT POSIX subsystem (the Interix-derived SFU/SFUA one) over its predecessor. Programs such as "ps" and "kill" can "see" Win32 processes, with POSIX process IDs.

* https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/bb463219.aspx#EH...

* https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/magazine/2005.05.interop...