Always thought
topwas one of those programs frozen in time since the 70s, but apparently, it has a feature set comparable tohtopand the like. The default configuration just doesn’t show much of it…
Always thought
topwas one of those programs frozen in time since the 70s, but apparently, it has a feature set comparable tohtopand the like. The default configuration just doesn’t show much of it…
Very cool, thanks. I migrated from
toptohtopa while ago and never looked back, but I occasionally have to use machines that don’t havehtopso it might be time to get familiar with the default tooling.Why do they say that
SIGKILLbad practice? I use it as the second tap if aSIGTERMdoesn’t knock something out. The link in the article is 404ing.SIGKILL is a good way to orphan children. Or end a DB transaction without properly closing it (so the server socket stays open, or the transaction lock isn’t released…) It exists for a reason, but docs usually caution against it because it can cause unexpected behaviors.
Ah makes sense. Thanks!
Eh, system will take care of the orphans
Turning them into Zombies is certainly a way of dealing with orphans, sure…
New decoration idea for Halloween: orphaned zombie processes