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Re: process table shows already killed processes
- To: Stipe Tolj <tolj@uni-duesseldorf.de>
- Subject: Re: process table shows already killed processes
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna.vinschen@cityweb.de>
- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 16:12:28 +0100
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Stipe Tolj wrote:
>
> > 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?
It's the same effect, no matter of the time between the ps calls.
Corinna