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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ps shows pegasus process running - what is it?
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:01:40
Message-Id: 200911071101.33605.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] ps shows pegasus process running - what is it? by Stroller
1 On Samstag 07 November 2009, Stroller wrote:
2 > Hi there,
3 >
4 > I have just found a process called "pegasus" running on my machine.
5 > Does anyone know what it is, please?
6 >
7 > # ps -e | grep peg
8 > 816 ? 00:00:00 pegasus
9 > #
10 >
11 > A Google suggested I might be able to find it's path thusly:
12 > # ps -e -o pid,args | grep peg
13 > 816 [pegasus]
14 > 13927 grep --colour=auto peg
15 > #
16 >
17 > But as you can see, no joy. What do the [square brackets] mean, please?
18
19 afaik it is a kernel process.

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Re: [gentoo-user] ps shows pegasus process running - what is it? Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>