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dscan99
Dec 12, 2004, 12:17 AM
Sorry for posting what is possibly a real stupid question.

In the unix wworld, I'm used to typing "ps -ef" to list all process information. However the terminal app on my iBook G4 does not seem to like -f (illegal operation). Can someone please tell me what the Mac equivalent is? And also what is the underlying Unix flavour being used on the G4s?

Also is killing (as in unix....) a process that's hung, recommended ??

Thanks :)


musicpyrite
Dec 12, 2004, 12:21 AM
If you want to see all the process information just type 'top'.

Killing a hung application would be the same thing a using command+option+escape to quit something. Shouldn't cause a problem, unless your typing a paper and haven't saved it.
daveL
Dec 12, 2004, 11:25 AM
Sorry for posting what is possibly a real stupid question.

In the unix wworld, I'm used to typing "ps -ef" to list all process information. However the terminal app on my iBook G4 does not seem to like -f (illegal operation). Can someone please tell me what the Mac equivalent is? And also what is the underlying Unix flavour being used on the G4s?

Also is killing (as in unix....) a process that's hung, recommended ??

Thanks :)
'ps -ef' is the Unix System V version of the ps command. OS X is BSD Unix. You'd want something like 'ps aux'. If you are running Unix commands in the Terminal, you might to become familiar with the 'man' command, as in 'man ps'.
wrldwzrd89
Dec 12, 2004, 01:37 PM
Sorry for posting what is possibly a real stupid question.

In the unix wworld, I'm used to typing "ps -ef" to list all process information. However the terminal app on my iBook G4 does not seem to like -f (illegal operation). Can someone please tell me what the Mac equivalent is? And also what is the underlying Unix flavour being used on the G4s?

Also is killing (as in unix....) a process that's hung, recommended ??

Thanks :)
As far as killing hung processes goes, the preferred method depends on what kind of process it is. For GUI applications, use the Force Quit dialog, summoned by pressing Command+Option+Escape or choosing Force Quit from the Apple menu. For background or command-line only processes, use the kill command in the Terminal. To learn about kill, type "man kill".
Westside guy
Dec 12, 2004, 03:16 PM
On one or two occasions I've had to 'killall -9 xxxxx' on OS X. It's handy to have sshd running for those odd occasions when the Finder isn't responsive - saves a hard reboot.
dscan99
Dec 12, 2004, 07:50 PM
'ps -ef' is the Unix System V version of the ps command. OS X is BSD Unix. You'd want something like 'ps aux'. If you are running Unix commands in the Terminal, you might to become familiar with the 'man' command, as in 'man ps'.

Thanks Dave! That's what I was looking for!! That's interesting Mac is BSD based....
dscan99
Dec 12, 2004, 07:52 PM
On one or two occasions I've had to 'killall -9 xxxxx' on OS X. It's handy to have sshd running for those odd occasions when the Finder isn't responsive - saves a hard reboot.

Thanks for this tidbit. That's exactly what I was looking to do.. save myself from a hard reboot.. after all that's what I did constantly int he Windows world and was not looking forward to doing the same on the Mac.