Hi !! If you execute ps -eal the

[bandez]

Hi !!

If you execute ps -eal there is a fields "WCHAN".
I read the man but I did not find the right description of that column (just 3 row : ) ).Does anybody know these hexa numbers?

Thankx,

 

[Morsing]

Wait CHANnel.
It's the event the process is wiating for to finish, usually a I/O call in the kernel. The numbers are addresses.
Don't know what you can use it for

Cheers Henrik Morsing
IBM Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration

 

[bandez]

thankx Morsing