Annotation of researchv10dc/dist/man/v4/man1/ps.1, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .th PS I 10/15/73
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: ps \*- process status
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd ps
        !             6: [
        !             7: .bd alx
        !             8: ]
        !             9: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .it Ps
        !            11: prints certain indicia about active
        !            12: processes.
        !            13: The
        !            14: .bd a
        !            15: flag asks for information about all processes with teletypes (ordinarily
        !            16: only one's own processes are displayed);
        !            17: .bd x
        !            18: asks even about processes with no typewriter;
        !            19: .bd l
        !            20: asks for a long listing.
        !            21: Ordinarily only the typewriter number (if not one's own)
        !            22: and the process number are given.
        !            23: .s3
        !            24: The long listing is columnar and contains
        !            25: .s3
        !            26: .lp +5 0
        !            27: A number encoding the state (last digit)
        !            28: and flags (first 1 or 2 digits) of the process.
        !            29: .s3
        !            30: The priority of the
        !            31: process; high numbers mean low priority.
        !            32: .s3
        !            33: A number related in some unknown way to the
        !            34: scheduling heuristic.
        !            35: .s3
        !            36: The last character of
        !            37: the control typewriter of the process.
        !            38: .s3
        !            39: The process unique number
        !            40: (as in certain cults it is possible
        !            41: to kill a process if you know its true name).
        !            42: .s3
        !            43: The size in blocks of the core image of the process.
        !            44: .s3
        !            45: The last column if non-blank tells the core
        !            46: address in the system of the
        !            47: event which the process is waiting for;
        !            48: if blank, the process is running.
        !            49: .s3
        !            50: .i0
        !            51: .dt
        !            52: Unfortunately if you have forgotten the number of a process
        !            53: you will have to guess which one it is.
        !            54: Plain
        !            55: .it ps
        !            56: will tell you only a list of numbers.
        !            57: .sh FILES
        !            58: /usr/sys/unix  system namelist
        !            59: .br
        !            60: /dev/mem       resident system
        !            61: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            62: kill(I)
        !            63: .sh BUGS
        !            64: The ability to see, even if dimly,
        !            65: the name by which the process was invoked would
        !            66: be welcome.

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