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FromSystemkennung Linux <>
SubjectRe: %CPU field in ps, on 2.0.28
DateSat, 15 Feb 1997 21:30:36 +0100 (MET)
Hi,

> Sometimes I'm stopping cracker (kill -STOP) and it stops really, you
> can see it in RSS field, it swaps out after some activity of other
> programs. But %CPU is still showing quite a lot. Why?
> 
> USER       PID %CPU %MEM  SIZE   RSS TTY STAT START   TIME COMMAND
> root      2862 91.9  0.1  3768    60  p1 T N 15:35 1308:59 (cracker)

RTFM.  The CPU field is the percantage of CPU time since the process
has been started.  It does not mean that the process is currently
consuming CPU.  If it would the STAT field would contain a "R" for
running.

  Ralf

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