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diff --git a/sysutils/psmisc/DESCR b/sysutils/psmisc/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d7557267940 --- /dev/null +++ b/sysutils/psmisc/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +This package contains three little utilities that use the proc FS: + + killall kills processes by name, e.g. killall -HUP named + pidof like killall, buts lists PIDs instead of killing processes + pstree shows the currently running processes as a tree + +The Linux version includes "fuser" for listing processes' open files, +but NetBSD's procfs doesn't have the facilities for this (use the lsof +package instead). |