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diff --git a/perl/perl-proc-processtable/README b/perl/perl-proc-processtable/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..521da167db --- /dev/null +++ b/perl/perl-proc-processtable/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +This module is a first crack at providing a consistent interface to +Unix (and maybe other multitasking OS's) process table information. +The impetus for this came about with my frustration at having to parse +the output of various systems' ps commands to check whether specific +processes were running on different boxes at a larged mixed Unix site. +The output format of ps was different on each OS, and sometimes +changed with each new release of an OS. Also, running a ps subprocess +from within a perl or shell script and parsing the output was not a +very efficient or aesthetic way to do things. |