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NS.kill() method

Terminate another script.

Signature:

kill(script: string, host: string, ...args: (string | number | boolean)[]): boolean;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
script	string	Filename or pid of the script to kill
host	string	Hostname of the server on which to kill the script.
args	(string | number | boolean)[]	Arguments to identify which script to kill.

Returns:

boolean

True if the script is successfully killed, and false otherwise.

Remarks

RAM cost: 0.5 GB

Kills the script on the target server specified by the script’s name and arguments. Remember that scripts are uniquely identified by both their name and arguments. For example, if foo.script is run with the argument 1, then this is not the same as foo.script run with the argument 2, even though they have the same code.

Example 1

// NS1:
//The following example will try to kill a script named foo.script on the foodnstuff server that was ran with no arguments:
kill("foo.script", "foodnstuff");

//The following will try to kill a script named foo.script on the current server that was ran with no arguments:
kill("foo.script", getHostname());

//The following will try to kill a script named foo.script on the current server that was ran with the arguments 1 and “foodnstuff”:
kill("foo.script", getHostname(), 1, "foodnstuff");

Example 2

// NS2:
//The following example will try to kill a script named foo.script on the foodnstuff server that was ran with no arguments:
ns.kill("foo.script", "foodnstuff");

//The following will try to kill a script named foo.script on the current server that was ran with no arguments:
ns.kill("foo.script", getHostname());

//The following will try to kill a script named foo.script on the current server that was ran with the arguments 1 and “foodnstuff”:
ns.kill("foo.script", getHostname(), 1, "foodnstuff");