Date: Tue, 03 Sep 96 02:15:39 +0100 From: "Frode Nordahl" <froden@bigblue.no> To: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Strange TCSH operation... Message-ID: <199609030013.CAA16481@login.bigblue.no>
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On Sat, 31 Aug 1996 21:25:34 -0400, Gary Palmer wrote: >Look at the PID's. The tcsh with the funny start time is actually the >tcsh which is about to be turned into the 2nd half of your pipe (the >grep). I am not 100% sure WHY, but something in the fork/exec process >can cause that to happen ... for a VERY brief period, the parent >exists with a funny start time. There must be a race condition or >something. It's not all that important (since it only affects ps >output), so I don't think anyone has spent time looking into why. The >`problem' has been around for a while tho (probably all 2.x releases >have had this). Ok, just wondered if some hacker had installed a trojan horse or something :) --------------------------------- Frode Nordahl <froden@bigblue.no>
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