From 77cfffee6177fb0421fa0fce15d6a1875bde4816 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?David=20W=C3=BChrer?= Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 21:04:34 +0200 Subject: manuals, sum-down, radix --- man/man1/pf.1 | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/man1/pf.1 (limited to 'man/man1/pf.1') diff --git a/man/man1/pf.1 b/man/man1/pf.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca9f839 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/pf.1 @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +.TH pf 1 2023-05-13 utils + +.SH NAME +pf \- print process family + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B pf +.I pid + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B pf +prints the ancestor processes of the given process up to the init daemon (or whatever is pid 1 inside a docker container), as well as all its descendents, that is, its child processes and their child processes and so on. + +This gives an overview of where that process is coming from, or if it had been disowned, as well as any other processes whose signals it is directly or indirectly waiting for. + +It can be useful if an application has become unresponsive or just won't quit. Or just informative about how an application is built and what it is doing. + +.SH EXAMPLES +.B pf +.I $$ + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR ps (1),\ top (1) -- cgit v1.2.3