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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Processes in parens?
Date: 28 Oct 1996 23:14:26 GMT
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steve@zip1.zipnet.net (Steve Bernacki) wrote:

> For some reason, all process names on our 2.1.5-RELEASE box have
> parens around every command in either a ps or w output.  Example:
> 
> root     29492  ??   (ftpd)
> zafiro   11383  p0   (bash)
> zafiro   11390  p0   (irc-2.8)

mount /procfs

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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