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authormarkj <markj@FreeBSD.org>2013-12-28 03:04:05 +0000
committermarkj <markj@FreeBSD.org>2013-12-28 03:04:05 +0000
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Correct the description of the V state, which indicates that the process'
parent is suspended, not the process itself. MFC after: 3 days
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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" @(#)ps.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 15, 2013
+.Dd December 27, 2013
.Dt PS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -416,8 +416,9 @@ The process has reduced CPU scheduling priority (see
.It Li s
The process is a session leader.
.It Li V
-The process is suspended during a
-.Xr vfork 2 .
+The process' parent is suspended during a
+.Xr vfork 2 ,
+waiting for the process to exec or exit.
.It Li W
The process is swapped out.
.It Li X
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