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Eric,
>Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:42:48 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Eric Nelson <address@hidden>
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: strange pqact behavior.
The above message contained the following:
> What am I looking for re ldmadmin start?
>
> The last attempt to start the ldm.
>
> UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
> ldm 11254 11252 0 16:36 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY
> /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp
> ldm 11255 11252 1 16:36 ? 00:00:02 pqact -f ANY
> /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.dave
> ldm 11256 11252 1 16:36 ? 00:00:02 pqact -f ANY
> /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.mcidas
> ldm 11257 11252 2 16:36 ? 00:00:04 pqact -f ANY
> /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.gempak
> ldm 13889 11257 0 16:39 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY
> /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.gempak
> ldm 13943 11254 0 16:39 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY
> /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp
> ldm 13944 11254 0 16:39 ? 00:00:00 pqact -f ANY
> /home/ldm/etc/pqact.split.wxp
The above shows three, distinct, process-groups: 11252, 11257, and
11254.
To discover the process-group leaders, please send me the output of the
following command:
ps -fp 11252,11257,11254
Regards,
Steve Emmerson