[svlug] What's gawk doing?

[Karl F. Larsen]

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Stig HackVän wrote:

> > > > Hi Linux beginner here,
> > > > Every once in a while a program called 'gawk' will consume 10%+ of my CPU,
> > > > what's it doing?

Hi another linux beginner here. Never heard about pstree but of course I
have it and it is simple compared to Stig's:

init-+-5*[agetty]
     |-ax25d
     |-bash---startx---xinit-+-.xinitrc---fvwm
     |                       `-X
     |-color_xterm---bash---bash
     |-color_xterm---bash---bash---bash---pine
     |-color_xterm---bash---pstree
     |-crond
     |-gpm
     |-inetd
     |-kerneld
     |-kflushd
     |-2*[kissattach]
     |-klogd
     |-kswapd
     |-lpd
     |-mheardd
     |-mouseclock
     |-netromd
     |-4*[nfsiod]
     |-ping
     |-pppd-2.2
     |-sendmail
     |-syslogd
     |-update
     `-xterm---bash---begin-+-procmeter
                            `-xfbb.sh---xfbb

	But this is a very nice display. One morning I saw procmeter
maxing out for no good reason so I used ps and found a cron started
program was trying to list every file on the new cd-rom! I decided to just
comment out that feature...:-)

Best wishes 

   - Karl F. Larsen, 3310 East Street, Las Cruces,NM (505) 524-3303  -


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