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From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: Re: Processes in parens?
Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands 
Message-ID: <E0278p.205@yedi.iaf.nl>
References: <550res$9ie@news.zipnet.net> <553eoi$1do@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:46:01 GMT
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j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:

>steve@zip1.zipnet.net (Steve Bernacki) wrote:

>> For some reason, all process names on our 2.1.5-RELEASE box have
>> parens around every command in either a ps or w output.  Example:
>> 
>> root     29492  ??   (ftpd)
>> zafiro   11383  p0   (bash)
>> zafiro   11390  p0   (irc-2.8)

>mount /procfs


Eh. mount /proc

The filesystem type is procfs

Wilko