#! /bin/bash


## Tries to kill the processes from a bunch of given PID-list files
## using the acsKillProc script. If the kill succeeds, the
## PID will be removed from the PID-list file. A non-existent pidfile
## will be ignored without error.


for pidfile in $@ ; do

   if [ ! -r $pidfile ] ; then
      echo cannot read $pidfile
   else 
           
      echo going about $pidfile...
      pids=`cat $pidfile`
      failed=
      
      for pid in $pids ; do
        
        if [ ! "`ps -u $USER | grep $pid`" ] ; then
           echo "  $USER doesn't run $pid"
        else     
           echo "  bringing down $pid..."
           acsKillProc $pid
        fi
        
        if [ ! $? == 0 ] ; then
           failed="$failed $pid"
        fi
      
      done
      
      #echo Failed: $failed
      echo -n $failed > $pidfile
   fi
done