stat the processes' stat file perhaps? Using a find? $ ps -o lstart 2730 STARTED Mon Oct 31 16:03:54 2016
$ stat /proc/2730/stat File: '/proc/2730/stat' Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 1024 regular empty file Device: 4h/4d Inode: 15018747 Links: 1 Access: (0444/-r--r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2016-10-31 16:03:56.476938217 +1100 Modify: 2016-10-31 16:03:56.476938217 +1100 Change: 2016-10-31 16:03:56.476938217 +1100 Birth: - On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 1:01 AM 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jida...@jidanni.org> wrote: > By the way, I wanted to set up a cronjob that would find and warn me > about any of my processes that were running more than a day. But now > apparently there is no way... >