ps command showing unknown flags

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Shaffer, Kenneth wrote:

> I recently ran the ps command and saw an unknown flag, "I", displayed in
> column 1.  There was no heading above it and the man page wasn't much
> help.
>
> What does this mean?  Where can I find documentation on perhaps other
> flags?
> --
> Ken Shaffer

According to the "ps.cc" source (which, at the moment, seems to be the
best documentation for the status column), 'I' means that the process is
in a "waiting for TTY input" state.  This will apply to all processes that
are interactive but not currently active (i.e., foreground).  An 'O' in
the status column means that the process is in a "waiting to output to a
TTY" state, which usually means trouble (TTY is busy, etc).  The only
other value for the status column is 'S', which stands for stopped
(suspended) processes.

Man page <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC>.
	Igor
-- 
				http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/
      |\      _,,,---,,_		pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu
ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_		igor@watson.ibm.com
     |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'		Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D.
    '---''(_/--'  `-'\_) fL	a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-.  Meow!

"I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route
to the bathroom is a major career booster."  -- Patrick Naughton

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/