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diff --git a/usr.sbin/procctl/procctl.8 b/usr.sbin/procctl/procctl.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8af32da --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/procctl/procctl.8 @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +.Dd Nov 23, 1997 +.Dt PROCCTL 1 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm \&procctl +.Nd clear procfs event flags +.Sh Synopsis +.Nm \&procctl +.Ar command +.Ar [...] +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm \&procctl +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 options are a list of process ID's; +.Nm \&procctl +goes through the list and clears the event masks for each specified process. +.Xr truss 1 , +.Xr procfs 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm procctl +command was written by Sean Eric Fagan for FreeBSD. |