35 lines
584 B
Groff
35 lines
584 B
Groff
.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd November 23, 1997
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.Dt PROCCTL 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm procctl
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.Nd clear procfs event flags
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Ar pid ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility clears the
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.Xr procfs 5
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event mask used by
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.Xr truss 1 .
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This can be used in the event that a process is left stranded, since
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the
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.Xr procfs 5
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events result in a non-killable process.
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The arguments are a list of process IDs;
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.Nm
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goes through the list and clears the event masks for each specified process.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr truss 1 ,
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.Xr procfs 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility was written by
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.An Sean Eric Fagan
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for
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.Fx .
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