Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: 2.1.57 glitches | | Date | Sat, 27 Sep 1997 18:15:29 +0200 (MET DST) | | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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kwrohrer@enteract.com wrote: > New quirk: the first time I did a "ps aux | grep lockd", I got the > one lockd and the grep. Subsequent times (and subsequent "ps aux | > grep grep" attempts) I get no trace of the grep process. I'm > not sure if that's a bug, but it is weird. Something going zippier > once it gets cached, I suppose...
Happens occasionally. ps is fired off, and grabs the first few processes before the shell has a chance to start the grep. These first few processes included the "slot" that the grep went into.
Roger.
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