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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: finding the u structure in /dev/mem on SYSV (how ?)
Message-ID: <918@buengc.BU.EDU>
Date: 23 Aug 88 21:35:00 GMT
References: <16837@adm.ARPA> <12266@ncoast.UUCP>
Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton)
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In article <12266@ncoast.UUCP> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
>As quoted from <16837@adm.ARPA> by rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim):
>+---------------
>| Just a side issue, but what if things change during your poking around in
>| /dev/{kmem,swap}? How do ps-like programs deal with such things? 
>+---------------
>
>From the ps(1) manual:
>
>"BUGS
>"     Things can change while _ps_ is running; the picture it gives is only
>"     a close approximation to reality."
>
>I guess it doesn't.

The proof:

Sometimes when running ps, the ps itself is listed; sometimes it's not.

Fascinating.

				--Blair