Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 22:02:35 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mtv leaves a zombie after exit Message-ID: <3EC1CDEB.BF22D14F@mindspring.com> References: <200305121726.h4CHQOM7048113@gw.catspoiler.org> <20030513225430.G26888@shell.gsinet.sittig.org>
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Gerhard Sittig wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 22:13 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > A "ps -gaxl" will print the wait channel, which may be more
> > informative.
>
> Out of curiousity: What is the -g switch doing? `man ps` does
> not list it (yes, I had my pager search for "-g", it's not just
> the synopsis).
Good question.
Back When FreeBSD was Berkeley UNIX and not POSIX (8-) 8-)),
it meant:
-g Display all processes. Without this option, ps
prints only "interesting" processes. Processes are
deemed to be uninteresting if they are process group
leaders. This normally eliminates top-level command
interpreters and processes waiting for users to
login on free terminals.
These days, it just means that my brain has not been POSIX
certified.
Here's a man page:
<http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ps&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=SunOS+4.1.3&format=html>;
-- Terry
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