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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
+
<sect1 id="ch-system-psmisc" role="wrap">
-<title>Psmisc-&psmisc-version;</title>
-<?dbhtml filename="psmisc.html"?>
+ <?dbhtml filename="psmisc.html"?>
+
+ <title>Psmisc-&psmisc-version;</title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc">
+ <primary sortas="a-Psmisc">Psmisc</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <sect2 role="package">
+ <title/>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc"><primary sortas="a-Psmisc">Psmisc</primary></indexterm>
+ <para>The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information about
+ running processes.</para>
-<sect2 role="package"><title/>
-<para>The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information about
-running processes.</para>
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
-<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>1.7 MB</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>0.1 SBU</seg>
+ <seg>1.7 MB</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
-GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
-</sect2>
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
-<sect2 role="installation">
-<title>Installation of Psmisc</title>
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep,
+ Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
-<para>Prepare Psmisc for compilation:</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="installation">
+ <title>Installation of Psmisc</title>
+
+ <para>Prepare Psmisc for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=""</userinput></screen>
-<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>--exec-prefix=""</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This ensures that the Psmisc binaries will install into
-<filename class="directory">/bin</filename> instead of <filename
-class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. This is the correct location according to
-the FHS, because some of the Psmisc binaries are used by the LFS-Bootscripts
-package.</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--exec-prefix=""</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This ensures that the Psmisc binaries will install into
+ <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> instead of <filename
+ class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. This is the correct location
+ according to the FHS, because some of the Psmisc binaries are used
+ by the LFS-Bootscripts package.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
-<para>Compile the package:</para>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
-<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+ <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
-<para>Install the package:</para>
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
-<para>There is no reason for the <command>pstree</command> and
-<command>pstree.x11</command> programs to reside in <filename
-class="directory">/bin</filename>. Therefore, move them to <filename
-class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>:</para>
+ <para>There is no reason for the <command>pstree</command> and
+ <command>pstree.x11</command> programs to reside in <filename
+ class="directory">/bin</filename>. Therefore, move them to <filename
+ class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>:</para>
<screen><userinput>mv -v /bin/pstree* /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
-<para>By default, Psmisc's <command>pidof</command> program is not
-installed. This usually is not a problem because it is installed later
-in the Sysvinit package, which provides a better
-<command>pidof</command> program. If Sysvinit will not be used for a
-particular system, complete the installation of Psmisc by creating the
-following symlink:</para>
+ <para>By default, Psmisc's <command>pidof</command> program is not
+ installed. This usually is not a problem because it is installed later
+ in the Sysvinit package, which provides a better
+ <command>pidof</command> program. If Sysvinit will not be used for a
+ particular system, complete the installation of Psmisc by creating the
+ following symlink:</para>
<screen><userinput>ln -sv killall /bin/pidof</userinput></screen>
-</sect2>
-
-
-<sect2 id="contents-psmisc" role="content"><title>Contents of Psmisc</title>
-
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>fuser, killall, pstree, and pstree.x11 (link to pstree)</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
-
-<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
-<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
-<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
-
-<varlistentry id="fuser">
-<term><command>fuser</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Reports the Process IDs (PIDs) of processes that use the given files or file systems</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc fuser"><primary sortas="b-fuser">fuser</primary></indexterm>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="killall">
-<term><command>killall</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Kills processes by name; it sends a signal to all processes
-running any of the given commands</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc killall"><primary sortas="b-killall">killall</primary></indexterm>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="oldfuser">
-<term><command>oldfuser</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Reports the Process IDs (PIDs) of processes that use the given files or file systems</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc oldfuser"><primary sortas="b-oldfuser">oldfuser</primary></indexterm>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="pstree">
-<term><command>pstree</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Displays running processes as a tree</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree"><primary sortas="b-pstree">pstree</primary></indexterm>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="pstree.x11">
-<term><command>pstree.x11</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Same as <command>pstree</command>, except that it waits for confirmation before exiting</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree.x11"><primary sortas="b-pstree.x11">pstree.x11</primary></indexterm>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
-</sect2>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="contents-psmisc" role="content">
+ <title>Contents of Psmisc</title>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>fuser, killall, pstree, and pstree.x11 (link to pstree)</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+ <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+ <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+ <varlistentry id="fuser">
+ <term><command>fuser</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Reports the Process IDs (PIDs) of processes that use the given
+ files or file systems</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc fuser">
+ <primary sortas="b-fuser">fuser</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="killall">
+ <term><command>killall</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Kills processes by name; it sends a signal to all processes
+ running any of the given commands</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc killall">
+ <primary sortas="b-killall">killall</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="oldfuser">
+ <term><command>oldfuser</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Reports the Process IDs (PIDs) of processes that use the given
+ files or file systems</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc oldfuser">
+ <primary sortas="b-oldfuser">oldfuser</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="pstree">
+ <term><command>pstree</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Displays running processes as a tree</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree">
+ <primary sortas="b-pstree">pstree</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="pstree.x11">
+ <term><command>pstree.x11</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Same as <command>pstree</command>, except that it waits for
+ confirmation before exiting</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree.x11">
+ <primary sortas="b-pstree.x11">pstree.x11</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
-