-------- Original message --------From: Roger Binns <rog...@rogerbinns.com> 
Date: 21/02/2017  20:48  (GMT+00:00) To: SQLite mailing list 
<sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org> Subject: Re: [sqlite] Linux top command 
and sqlite 
On 21/02/17 10:22, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> Some of my stuff takes a while to run, and I like to keep tabs on it.
> Right now, I'm running one of those, and the Linux top command shows
> extremely small CPU usage, and a status ("S" column) of "D" which the man
> page defines as "uninterruptable sleep".  Huh?

In this case you can read D as waiting on disk.

<snip>
According to this answer on StackOverflow:  
http://stackoverflow.com/a/6685764/2096401 spotting a "D" is relatively rare, 
although can be more common if NFS or similar is involved. No idea whether 
that's true or not, nor whether it applies to the OP.
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