From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 25 05:59:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C202F1065672 for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 05:59:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EAD98FC0C for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 05:59:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 3so1615967qwe.7 for ; Sun, 24 May 2009 22:59:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=P5a7V4089foy0YDen/NP3MqNXl4OeC2KTtufygaZXlI=; b=Vs0sAsydfuW2nnWJAS59AsipEmzg0fHrm5TkzKpV4n4Xu4QZTC+24iMDJfNaRvPmnv orwnoPWG0HmsS0qL1BBfvArWGd4pLwdfPfR+b9gviwx4367i32nZelTD+QMgK1qxzdaC +YLPOzRdveLX2/ShJ3xjtqbq41VL172V9HqfM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=EOLoCNoMOBHbwJkmzEJeJIvqGRJZHLBbMBWJmdPIulpihAFM2y1DKIcv2nC3VeAGki f03k3USYyzbUgBbdaTtFVSZ0SHJ1+kzETTqrGEd4kF3aPt8Ha2LiWCRrPc6W4wA16XTE 55JCAwv0yOKj+sFtydrYAie13oy3qsrEfF2EM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.80.78 with SMTP id s14mr1914237qck.101.1243231150153; Sun, 24 May 2009 22:59:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 22:59:10 -0700 Message-ID: <26face530905242259s75b94c92s19abf50933979a79@mail.gmail.com> From: Kelly Jones To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: ps says process has been running for 49710 days X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 05:59:12 -0000 I use "/bin/ps -www -ax -eo 'pid etime args'" to see how long a process has been running. This usually works fine, but I sometimes see things like: 17469 49710-06:28:15 /usr/bin/fly -q -i [...] indicating a process has been running for 49710+ days. I originally thought that was the time from the Unix epoch, but it's actually near 13 Dec 1901. I can easily workaround this, but was curious if anyone knew more about it? -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile.