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diff --git a/tests/killrsyslog.sh b/tests/killrsyslog.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#check if rsyslog instance exists and, if so, kill it
+if [ -e "rsyslog.pid" ]
+then
+  echo rsyslog.pid exists, trying to shut down rsyslogd process `cat rsyslog.pid`.
+  kill -9 `cat rsyslog.pid`
+  sleep 1
+  rm rsyslog.pid
+fi
+if [ -e "rsyslog2.pid" ]
+then
+  echo rsyslog2.pid exists, trying to shut down rsyslogd process `cat rsyslog2.pid`.
+  kill -9 `cat rsyslog2.pid`
+  sleep 1
+  rm rsyslog2.pid
+fi