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Re: process table shows already killed processes
- To: Corinna Vinschen <corinna.vinschen@cityweb.de>
- Subject: Re: process table shows already killed processes
- From: Stipe Tolj <tolj@uni-duesseldorf.de>
- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 14:50:17 +0100
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> And, at last, I take a look into the process table:
>
> /home/admin[5]$ ps -ef
> UID PID PPID TTY STIME COMMAND
> system 1003 1 -1 13:11:17 /usr/local/sbin/syslogd.exe
> administ 1006 1006 -1 13:11:26 /usr/bin/tcsh.exe
> administ 1018 1006 -1 13:15:04 /usr/bin/ps
>
> ???The syslogd is still in the table??? Ok, next try:
>
> /home/admin[6]$ ps -ef
> UID PID PPID TTY STIME COMMAND
> administ 1006 1006 -1 13:11:26 /usr/bin/tcsh.exe
> administ 1019 1006 -1 13:16:30 /usr/bin/ps
>
> Oh, on the second try, the already killed processes are erased
> from the table! This behaviour is 100% reproducable.
is it time dependent?
In other words is it reproducable with a different scheduling between none,
first and second "ps -ef" call?
Regards,
Stipe
--
Stipe Tolj <tolj@uni-duesseldorf.de>
Cygwin Porting Project -- "We build UNIX on top of Windows"
http://www.student.uni-koeln.de/cygwin/
Department of Economical Computer Science
University of Cologne, Germany