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Typically this is not something you'll need to do.  Box Of Stops is fine with you just unplugging the Raspberry Pi when you're not using it.
 
Typically this is not something you'll need to do.  Box Of Stops is fine with you just unplugging the Raspberry Pi when you're not using it.
  
If you do need to deliberately stop Box Of Stops, the following command will do the job in one stop:
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If you do need to deliberately stop Box Of Stops, the following command will do the job in one step:
 
  sudo pkill -ef boxofstops
 
  sudo pkill -ef boxofstops
  
[[File:Pkill.png|border]]
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This will leave Box Of Stops stopped until you either [[Starting|restart it manually]], or you restart the Raspberry Pi.  By default Box Of Stops will automatically start again when you boot up the Pi, though this can be [[Auto start|disabled]].
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Note, there are [[Windows#Stopping|separate instructions]] if you're running under Windows.
  
 
== Which processes to stop ==
 
== Which processes to stop ==
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  sudo kill <pid>
 
  sudo kill <pid>
  
This will automatically also request the child '''python''' process to stop cleanly.
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This will also cause the child '''python''' process to stop cleanly.
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[[File:Matching-processes.png]]
  
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[[Sudo|Why sudo?]]

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