Subject: cron eats cpu time
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>
List: current-users
Date: 03/01/1999 00:31:32
Hi,

I just noticed the following on my alpha box.

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alpha:~$ ps ax
  PID TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND
    0 ??  DLs    0:00.02 (swapper)
    1 ??  Is     0:00.06 /sbin/init
    2 ??  DL     0:00.00 (pagedaemon)
    3 ??  DL     0:00.00 (reaper)
  114 ??  Ss     0:00.88 syslogd
  126 ??  Is     0:00.02 portmap
  150 ??  IL     0:07.04 nfsiod -n 4
  151 ??  IL     0:03.78 nfsiod -n 4
  152 ??  IL     0:00.50 nfsiod -n 4
  153 ??  IL     0:00.24 nfsiod -n 4
  187 ??  Is     0:00.02 update 30
  189 ??  Rs   2881:47.09 cron
  200 ??  Is     0:00.72 timed
  224 ??  Is     0:00.36 inetd -l
 1761 ??  S      0:00.17 telnetd
 1762 p0  Ss     0:00.34 -bash
 1766 p0  R+     0:00.02 ps -ax
  236 E0  Is+    0:00.08 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 console
  239 C1  Is+    0:00.05 /usr/libexec/getty std.19200 ttyC1
alpha:~$ uname -a
NetBSD alpha 1.3I NetBSD 1.3I (SIXTYFOUR) #0: Wed Feb 24 03:04:58 CET 1999

root@alpha:/net/sirius/temp/netbsd-cvs/netbsd/sys/arch/alpha/compile/SIXTYF
OUR alpha
alpha:~$ uptime
12:16AM  up 2 days, 21 mins, 1 user, load averages: 1.07, 1.14, 1.19
alpha:~$
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Please not the cron line in the ps output.
sources were sup'ed i think on 22-Feb or so...

regards,
chris