[arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

[Ray Kohler]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Nelson Marambio <nelsonmarambio at gmx.de> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I try to write a small shellscript that (dis-)connects me with / from the
> WLAN of my university.
>
> I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish the
> connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull an IP address by calling
> dhcpcd.
>
> My question (in context of the wlan-disconnect-script): how can I exit
> wpa_supplicant if it runs in the background ? Up to now it's done by "sudo
> killall wpa_supplicant" but I guess it's not the best way.

I suggest "wpa_cli terminate". See the wpa_cli manpage.