procctl(8)

NAME

procctl - clear procfs event flags

SYNOPSIS

procctl pid ...

DESCRIPTION

The procctl utility clears the procfs(5) event mask used by

truss(1).
This can be used in the event that a process is left strand

ed, since the
procfs(5) events result in a non-killable process. The ar

guments are a
list of process IDs; procctl goes through the list and

clears the event
masks for each specified process.

SEE ALSO

truss(1), procfs(5)

HISTORY

The procctl utility was written by Sean Eric Fagan for

FreeBSD.

BSD November 23, 1997

BSD