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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 23:45:10 +0000
From: David Jenkins <david.jenkins@gmail.com>
To: Hugo Silva <klr@6s-gaming.com>
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Subject: Re: Process states?
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On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 20:17:01 -0000 (GMT), Hugo Silva <klr@6s-gaming.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to know where I could get a complete list of the possible process
> states shown in ps , and their meanings ?

A good starting point is 
$ man ps

You could also try: 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics-processes.html

Hope that helps,
David