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From: R.I.Slinn@newcastle.ac.uk (R.I. Slinn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: minix problem
Summary: help!!
Keywords: minix request help problem
Message-ID: <1990Mar15.201401.17053@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: 15 Mar 90 20:14:01 GMT
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Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE17RU
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I have a problem at the moment with the minix system, as you know pressing the
F1 key produces a summary of the activity of each running process ( or task ).
Under the present arrangement i.e. by pressing F1, this data is displayed on
the screen, but cannot otherwise be observed. It would be useful for this data
to be available to a program, which could then store it in a file, or perhaps
pipe it to another program.

Could any one please supply me with coding alterations to do this and the
coding for a program which takes the information returned by the ps system
call, and prints it out in a reasonably understandable form.
               Many thanks R.I.Slinn.