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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!nec-gw!netkeeper!vivaldi!rsd0!karl
  3. From: karl@rss.dl.nec.com (Karl Larson)
  4. Subject: PS command
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov12.154625.5812@rsd0.rsd.dl.nec.com>
  6. Keywords: PS command
  7. Sender: usenet@rsd0.rsd.dl.nec.com
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: mirage.rss.dl.nec.com
  9. Organization: NEC America
  10. Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:46:25 GMT
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  13. This could possibly be SUN specific, but does anyone know what it means when
  14. you have a process name "COMMAND" surrounded by "()" ie. "(biod)".  I thought
  15. that possibly it implied a child of init, but I ruled this out when I saw
  16. "-ksh (ksh)".  This is not a problem, it just came up in conversation and I
  17. did'nt know. Further, the manuals don't describe such a beast.
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  20. Karl Larson                                 (email) karl@rss.dl.nec.com
  21. Software Engineer                           (home)  214-328-2563
  22. NEC America - Richardson, Texas             (work)  214-907-4463
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