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| author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-16 20:08:06 +0000 |
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| committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-16 20:08:06 +0000 |
| commit | 79b89ed36309bfefd290138143d80f541557f7e7 (patch) | |
| tree | d1bccfd76292f1434988049adc87e30a58f37a1f /bin/ps | |
| parent | d2197900774c92e02f2540ead98d0462bf9f8a65 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-79b89ed36309bfefd290138143d80f541557f7e7.zip FreeBSD-src-79b89ed36309bfefd290138143d80f541557f7e7.tar.gz | |
Use `The .Nm utility'
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/ps')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/ps/ps.1 | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ps/ps.1 b/bin/ps/ps.1 index 32402e7..3590223 100644 --- a/bin/ps/ps.1 +++ b/bin/ps/ps.1 @@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ .Nm .Op Fl L .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Ps +The +.Nm +utility displays a header line followed by lines containing information about your processes that have controlling terminals. This information is sorted by controlling terminal, then by process @@ -347,7 +349,9 @@ When printing using the command keyword, a process that has exited and has a parent that has not yet waited for the process (in other words, a zombie) is listed as ``<defunct>'', and a process which is blocked while trying to exit is listed as ``<exiting>''. -.Nm Ps +The +.Nm +utility makes an educated guess as to the file name and arguments given when the process was created by examining memory or the swap area. The method is inherently somewhat unreliable and in any event a process |
