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diff --git a/usr.sbin/procctl/procctl.8 b/usr.sbin/procctl/procctl.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1add286 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/procctl/procctl.8 @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.Dd November 23, 1997 +.Dt PROCCTL 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm procctl +.Nd clear procfs event flags +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Ar pid ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility clears the +.Xr procfs 5 +event mask used by +.Xr truss 1 . +This can be used in the event that a process is left stranded, since +the +.Xr procfs 5 +events result in a non-killable process. +The arguments are a list of process IDs; +.Nm +goes through the list and clears the event masks for each specified process. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr truss 1 , +.Xr procfs 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility was written by +.An Sean Eric Fagan +for +.Fx . |