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Force Close Firefox
If you have ever had a browser freeze up and not allow you to close it
(completely stop responding) then you know the frustration.
Firefox also has an occassional habit of not openning again, even when you cannot see
it anywhere -- claiming it is already running. That part is due to a "lock" file it
generates in your home directory.
Enter killFirefox. This script uses killall on firefox-bin then finds the lock file and
deletes it. Synopsis: clean dismount.
The menu item, the "Are you sure?" prompt and the result message are below:
The menu item
The "Are you sure?" prompt
The successful result
The script itself is at the bottom of the page.
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killFirefoxScript
#!/bin/bash
# killFirefox script by Paul Sherman
# does not just kill firefox-bin, but also removes lock file
# from user home dir so that firefox can be restarted.
# uses the bash shell and xdialog
DIALOG=Xdialog
$DIALOG --title "Firefox Destroyer" \
--yesno "This script will close any running instances of the Firefox browser.\nDo you wish to continue?" 0 0
sel=$?
case $sel in
0) echo "Firefox will be destroyed.";;
1) echo "OK, never mind" ;
exit ;;
255) echo "OK, never mind" ;
exit ;;
esac
killall firefox-bin
find "$HOME/.mozilla/firefox" -name "lock" -exec rm {} \;
$DIALOG --title "Success..." \
--msgbox "If any instances of Firefox were open, \nthey are no more." 0 0
exit 0
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