1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rc/bin/slay b/rc/bin/slay
index 67d9c9f7f..60c8272c9 100755
--- a/rc/bin/slay
+++ b/rc/bin/slay
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/rc
-U=`{cat /dev/user}
+rfork e
 for(i){
-	ps | sed -n '/^'$U' .* '$i'$/s%[^ ]*  *%~>/proc/%
+	ps | sed -n '/^'$user' .* '$i'$/s%[^ ]*  *%~>/proc/%
 	s%  *.* (.*)%/ctl} # \1%
 	s%~%@{echo kill%p'
 }