End process from another SSH window

Question

I forgot to use screen and I have a task that has been running for quite some time, and I do not want to lose the saved data. Basically Ctrlc will end the task and save the data if I am on the same terminal session, is there a way to stop it in different SSH window?

I do not have access to the same terminal window at the moment.

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 05 '13 at 13:16

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C-c sends SIGINT to the foreground process group, you can kill it using kill on the foreground process group id (see ps -ej output).

kill -s INT -- -pgid

edited Apr 05 '13 at 13:16

Stéphane Chazelas

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answered Apr 05 '13 at 02:36

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thanks i will remember this next time, I just tried to ssh in and the system rebooted so I lost the data :| – andyADD Apr 05 '13 at 02:50

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

There are several utilities that are able to change the tty of a running process. Most of them written exactly for the purpose of attaching a running process into a terminal multiplexer - see e.g.:

End process from another SSH window

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