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[Support #TYK-101297]: Long idle times for processes under LDM 6.7.0.3?

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  • Subject: [Support #TYK-101297]: Long idle times for processes under LDM 6.7.0.3?
  • Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:04:53 -0600
Gilbert,

> ps ax:
> 
> 31829 ?        S    116:33 /home/ldm/bin/pqact -f 
> FNEXRAD|FSL2|IDS|DDPLUS|NLDN|N
> 31830 ?        S    238:06 /home/ldm/bin/pqact -f FSL2|NNEXRAD|NLDN|WMO|WSI 
> /hom
> 31831 ?        S    144:45 /home/ldm/bin/pqact -f NEXRAD2 -p BZIP2/K[A-D]
> /home/
> 31833 ?        S    137:02 /home/ldm/bin/pqact -f NEXRAD2 -p BZIP2/K[E-K]
> /home/
> 31834 ?        S    144:18 /home/ldm/bin/pqact -f NEXRAD2 -p BZIP2/K[L-R]
> /home/
> 31836 ?        S    108:32 /home/ldm/bin/pqact -f NEXRAD2 -p BZIP2/K[S-Z]
> /home/
> 31837 ?        S    100:31 /home/ldm/bin/pqsurf -Q /dev/shm/pqsurf.pq
> 
> These processes seem to be "idle", and yet they are working. Never noticed
> them with this long of an idle time before. Whassssssap with that? :-)

According to the ps(1) man-page on my Linux system, the times are the
accumulated CPU times and not the idle times.

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> Gilbert Sebenste                                                     ********
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Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TYK-101297
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed