Re: 2.1.57 glitches

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Sat, 27 Sep 1997 18:15:29 +0200 (MET DST)

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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