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Kill/Cancel process along with child processes

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Dear Devs,

How can I kill a process along with its child processes? I try with CancelAsync() or Disconnecting the SSH client object, but it won't work (only the original process is cancelled) and as far as I know, there is no way of getting the PID or the SID to try to kill them through other means.

Usually our shells scripts invoke other processes like JAVA/C/FAME that are not stopping when we kill the original shell script that invokes them.

Is there a workaround for this?

Thank you for your time,
Ioannis

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Start by examining how CancelAsync() and disconnecting the SSH client affect a remote shell process. Reproduce the reported case with a shell script that launches Java, C, or FAME, then determine how cancellation could include those child processes. Done means the original process and its children stop together.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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