Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 13:16:45 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r39947 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics Message-ID: <201211051316.qA5DGjKG007261@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Mon Nov 5 13:16:45 2012 New Revision: 39947 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39947 Log: Prefer the use of pgrep instead of ps | grep for exactly the reason specified in the handbook: ps is "racy". Approved by: jkois Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Mon Nov 5 11:32:14 2012 (r39946) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Mon Nov 5 13:16:45 2012 (r39947) @@ -2185,20 +2185,12 @@ Swap: 256M Total, 38M Used, 217M Free, 1 <step> <para>Find the process ID of the process you want to send the - signal to. Do this using &man.ps.1; and &man.grep.1;. The - &man.grep.1; command is used to search through output, - looking for the string you specify. This command is run as - a normal user, and &man.inetd.8; is run as - <username>root</username>, so the <option>ax</option> - options must be given to &man.ps.1;.</para> - - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>ps -ax | grep inetd</userinput> - 198 ?? IWs 0:00.00 inetd -wW</screen> - - <para>So the &man.inetd.8; PID is 198. In some cases the - <literal>grep inetd</literal> command might also appear in - this output. This is because of the way &man.ps.1; has to - find the list of running processes.</para> + signal to. Do this using &man.pgrep.1;.</para> + + <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>pgrep -l inetd</userinput> +198 inetd -wW</screen> + + <para>So the &man.inetd.8; PID is 198.</para> </step> <step>
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