Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <36D80B5C.E83B8D7E@cityweb.de> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 16:12:28 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stipe Tolj CC: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: process table shows already killed processes References: <36D6923F DOT 7D37741D AT cityweb DOT de> <36D7F818 DOT 9C6A1CF7 AT uni-duesseldorf DOT de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Stipe Tolj wrote: > > > And, at last, I take a look into the process table: > > > > /home/admin[5]$ ps -ef > > UID PID PPID TTY STIME COMMAND > > system 1003 1 -1 13:11:17 /usr/local/sbin/syslogd.exe > > administ 1006 1006 -1 13:11:26 /usr/bin/tcsh.exe > > administ 1018 1006 -1 13:15:04 /usr/bin/ps > > > > ???The syslogd is still in the table??? Ok, next try: > > > > /home/admin[6]$ ps -ef > > UID PID PPID TTY STIME COMMAND > > administ 1006 1006 -1 13:11:26 /usr/bin/tcsh.exe > > administ 1019 1006 -1 13:16:30 /usr/bin/ps > > > > Oh, on the second try, the already killed processes are erased > > from the table! This behaviour is 100% reproducable. > > is it time dependent? > > In other words is it reproducable with a different scheduling between none, > first and second "ps -ef" call? It's the same effect, no matter of the time between the ps calls. Corinna