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diff --git a/appendixa/psmisc-desc.xml b/appendixa/psmisc-desc.xml index 6f093c6fa..7b4c8e587 100644 --- a/appendixa/psmisc-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/psmisc-desc.xml @@ -6,19 +6,16 @@ <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title> -<para>Note that in LFS we don't install the pidof link by default -because we use pidof from sysvinit instead.</para> +<para><command>fuser</command> reports the PIDs of processes that use +the given files or filesystems.</para> -<sect4><title>fuser</title> -<para>fuser displays the PIDs of processes that use the specified -files or file systems.</para></sect4> +<para><command>killall</command> kills processes by name. It sends a signal +to all processes running any of the given commands.</para> -<sect4><title>killall</title> -<para>killall sends a signal to all processes running any of the specified -commands.</para></sect4> +<para><command>pidof</command> reports the PIDs of the given programs. +(Not this pidof program is used, however, but the one from Sysvinit.)</para> -<sect4><title>pstree</title> -<para>pstree shows running processes as a tree.</para></sect4> +<para><command>pstree</command> displays running processes as a tree.</para> </sect3> |