procctl.8 revision 32273
$Id: procctl.8,v 1.2 1997/12/07 02:30:43 peter Exp $
.Dd Nov 23, 1997 .Dt PROCCTL 1 .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME .Nm procctl .Nd clear procfs event flags .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm procctl .Ar command .Op Ar ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Procctl clears the .Xr procfs 5 event mask used by .Xr truss 1 . This can be used in the event that a process is left stranded, since the .Xr procfs 5 events result in a non-killable process. The options are a list of process ID's; .Nm goes through the list and clears the event masks for each specified process. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr truss 1 , .Xr procfs 5 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command was written by .An Sean Eric Fagan for x Free .