sudo killall -9 BOMArchiveHelperType in your password when prompted. Don't worry, you haven't harmed anything with this command, just gotten "unstuck" (BOMArchiveHelper is the application that unzips the archives, and you've just ended it).
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With Panther comes a wonderful new feature to automatically unzip and work with zip archives. Well, if you have an "incomplete� zip file and your system is stuck with the perpetual 'Unarchiving "Filename"' dialog box, hitting Cancel often does not work -- the button just disappears after you click it. If this happens, then type the following command into your Terminal and dialog begone!
sudo killall -9 BOMArchiveHelperType in your password when prompted. Don't worry, you haven't harmed anything with this command, just gotten "unstuck" (BOMArchiveHelper is the application that unzips the archives, and you've just ended it).
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Are you sure a regular signal (-TERM, -HUP, -ABRT) won't terminate it? (Please no -KILL/9) Larry.
Recover from a stuck unzip operation
Ouch. I was always advised
was for killing unresponsive shells. I myself would try to allow the app to terminate with grace. Then after that I would move on to the harsh kill it now.
What is the hierarchy among the kill options?
Am I right that the kill command escalates in the following order:
What is the hierarchy among the kill options?
read the man page:
Thanks!
Thanks, I had looked at man page, but obviously not carefully enough.
NO NO NO
Don't use -9 off the bat, dammit!
NO NO NO
Huh. I've been happily KILL -9ing stuff for a while now, but I just noticed that when I did this on a stuck ZIP archive it left an invisible file behind on my desktop called .BAHtemp-795-1804289383 so maybe it'd be a better idea to let the garbage cleanup do its job?
why not try command-Q
After the cancel-button disappears you can also just click the archive helper progress window (to make sure it's the active '.app') and hit command-Q, works for me all the time... |
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