Thanks for the information, I'll look into that and see what I need to do, if anything
g > -------Original Message------- > From: Gary L. Wade <[email protected]> > To: Gordo Cath <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: background processes seem to have a parameter of -psn_X_YYYYYY > Sent: Jan 27 '16 16:34 > > That's the Mac ProcessSerialNumber value from the pre-UNIX days. Mac apps > get that; strict UNIX processes don't. > -- > Gary L. Wade (Sent from my iPhone) > http://www.garywade.com/ > > > On Jan 27, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Gordo Cath <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Lately I've noticed a parameter attached to a lot of my processes that > looks something like this: > > > > -psn_X_YYYYYY where X appears to be a single digit number and the Y is a > much bigger number. At first I thought it was a 1's complement number but > that theory was shot out the door as the number seemed to be growing beyond > the boundary size I was initially seeing (as I thought it was originally > trying to tell me something about negative offsets or something). > > > > I notice it when I do a ps -efwww and am grepping for something which I > then pipe into an awk to parse out a process id or something to do further > work to perhaps do a dtruss or something like that. > > > > Anyways, this is probably a dumb question, but I tried googling and didn't > seem to find an answer for what it means. So what does the psn mean and what > do x & y mean? > > > > Thanks > > > > GC > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Carbon-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/carbon-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
