Re: Gack, this shouldn't happen under a stable OS I think

David S. Miller (davem@caip.rutgers.edu)
Mon, 23 Sep 1996 00:08:03 -0400


From: Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 23:50:36 -0400 (EDT)

Why doesn't the grep process show up each time???

Because ps is done before your shell completely fork()'s exec()'s grep
in the pipeline.

David S. Miller
davem@caip.rutgers.edu