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RE: ps command - revisited
--On Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:39 PM +1000 Robert Collins
<robert.collins@itdomain.com.au> wrote:
>> > What is the 'System process'?
>>
>> Look at the output from the Task Manager.
>
> Sure, there's no 'System process'. Do you mean the
> 'System Idle process' aka the scheduler?
>
> Rob
No, it's a separate process. According to Microsoft, "Most
system kernel-mode threads run as the System process." See:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q263/2/01.asp
It may not appear in Windows OSes other than 2000.
$ ps -W
PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND
8 0 0 8 ? 0 15:24:48 *** unknown ***
D:\>tlist /t
System Process (0)
System (8)
D:\>pulist
Process PID User
Idle 0
System 8
D:\>pslist
Name Pid Pri Thd Hnd Mem User Time Kernel Time
Idle 0 0 1 0 16 0:00:00.000 482:15:09.042
System 8 8 35 199 28 0:00:00.000 1:40:49.048
Alan
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