On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 03:00:22PM -0700, Patrick R. Wade wrote: > On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 08:43:52AM -0700, Woody Mims wrote: > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Hi all -- > > > >I haven't run PS on my home machine for a while. Today I did > >and I found the below process. I am puzzled as to what the > >"ascii art" like symbol is. I can't remember ever seeing this > >before. > > > >root 200 0 0 2.8 5832 3652 ? S 00:13 0:00 -:0 > > > >Any ideas? > > What were the options to "ps"? Might that be an X process? >
It's a login shell--the command name on those is always set to begin with '-'...I'd guess the first shell on an X server. R.
