[TUHS] In some cults...

Jeremy C. Reed reed at reedmedia.net
Tue Feb 11 08:27:46 AEST 2025


On Tue, 11 Feb 2025, Dave Horsfall wrote:

> ... it is possible to kill a person if you know his true name.
> 
> I'm trying to find the origin of that phrase (which I've likely mangled); 
> V5 or thereabouts?

v5 ps manual (v5man.pdf page 94)

The process unique number (as in certain cults it is possible to kill a 
process if you know its true name).


v7  usr/man/man1/ps.1    

.TP
PID
The process ID of the process; as in certain cults it is possible to kill a process
if you know its true name.



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