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.Dd Nov 23, 1997 .Dt PROCCTL 1 .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME .Nm procctl .Nd clear procfs event flags .Sh Synopsis .Nm procctl .Ar command .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 procctl goes through the list and clears the event masks for each specified process. .Xr truss 1 , .Xr procfs 5 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm procctl command was written by Sean Eric Fagan for FreeBSD.
.Dd Nov 23, 1997 .Dt PROCCTL 1 .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME .Nm procctl .Nd clear procfs event flags .Sh Synopsis .Nm procctl .Ar command .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 procctl goes through the list and clears the event masks for each specified process. .Xr truss 1 , .Xr procfs 5 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm procctl command was written by Sean Eric Fagan for FreeBSD.