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From: RJ45 <rj45@slacknet.com>
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Subject: processes shown by ps
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how come most of the processes in PS are showed between parentheses ?


root    87292  0.0  0.4  1488 1128  v0  Is+  Wed05PM   0:00.02  (getty)
fddi    97473  0.0 19.5 60872 50680  ??  Is   Thu10AM   2:11.19
(netscape)
fddi    97475  0.0  2.6 25536 6792  ??  I    Thu10AM   0:00.31  (netscape)
fddi    97709  0.0  2.0  7256 5064  ??  Is    3:01PM   0:02.50  (Eterm)
fddi    97713  0.0  0.5  1744 1320  p6  Is    3:01PM   0:00.08 -csh (csh)



thanks

Rick




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