The /proc file system brings the processes on your Unix systems into view in some very useful ways, but only if you take the time to cd over to /proc and see all it can tell you. The /proc virtual ...

The execution of threads and processes can be monitored by analyzing process statistics such as CPU and memory usage, which are displayed by commands such as ps and top. The commands used to obtain ...

On Unix/Linux systems, there are quite a few commands that can provide insights into the processes that are running, the resources those processes use, and the users responsible for them. Some of ...

A reader recently asked how he could most easily terminate processes that were left running after his users had logged off a system. The processes in question were apparently consuming resources ...

Some CSIL Unix users experience either very slow response time from their system or applications that simply stop responding to user input. Slow response time from the system can be an indication of ...