Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 00:41:34 BST From: Michael Ryan <mike@NetworX.ie> To: FreeBSD Support <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: "ps ax" in infinite loop! Message-ID: <ECS9710080034A@NetworX.ie>
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Hi all,
I ran my /bin/sh script just now to bring down my PPP link to
the Internet. One part of that is the killing off of Squid.
The code is as follows:
pid="`ps ax | egrep squid | egrep -v egrep | awk '{ print $1 }'`"
test "$pid" && kill $pid
The script wasn't finishing as quick as it should. When I logged in
on another window, and did a "ps ax" to see what was happening,
the "ps ax" executing within the script was gobbling up just about
all available CPU time! Its TIME column was showing 11:48.23 and
climbing by a second each second!
Anybody seen this and know a solution?
Please email me directly.
Bye,
Mike
<mike@NetworX.ie>
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