On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:39:27 -0400 (EDT)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:

> top requires read permissions in /proc, so if your msec level is set
> too high you will only be able to read your own information. You can
> also specify the number of processes to show by playing with the toprc
> file, though it's more likely the /proc permissions.

When I run top in a normal term, it shows me all running processes,
including root. When I do top -b > file, the file shows me all running
processes, including root.

It is something to do with root-tail, but I can't figure out what it
is... :-(

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