Module Name: src
Committed By: sevan
Date: Mon Dec 3 17:03:44 UTC 2018
Modified Files:
src/usr.bin/pkill: pkill.1
Log Message:
Note these tools use kvm(3) and not procfs as in Solaris.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.28 -r1.29 src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1
diff -u src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1:1.28 src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1:1.29
--- src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1:1.28 Sun Oct 22 17:45:46 2017
+++ src/usr.bin/pkill/pkill.1 Mon Dec 3 17:03:44 2018
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: pkill.1,v 1.28 2017/10/22 17:45:46 abhinav Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: pkill.1,v 1.29 2018/12/03 17:03:44 sevan Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd August 22, 2016
+.Dd December 3, 2018
.Dt PKILL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ or
.Nm prenice
process will never consider itself or system processes (kernel threads) as
a potential match.
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+The Sun Solaris implemenation utilised procfs to obtain process information.
+This implementation utilises
+.Xr kvm 3
+instead.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm pgrep ,
.Nm pkill ,
@@ -212,6 +217,7 @@ An internal error occurred.
.Xr kill 1 ,
.Xr ps 1 ,
.Xr kill 2 ,
+.Xr kvm 3 ,
.Xr sigaction 2 ,
.Xr re_format 7 ,
.Xr signal 7 ,
