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On 08/09/2011 15:50, Marco atzeri wrote:
> Just noted on latest cvs on XP-SP3:
> 
> $ ps ax
>       PID    PPID    PGID     WINPID  TTY  UID    STIME COMMAND
>      5296    4768    5296       4648    0 1006 16:43:06 /usr/bin/ps
>      4768    3628    4768       2688    0 1006 16:43:02 /usr/bin/bash
>      3628       1    3628       3628    ? 1006 16:43:02 /usr/bin/mintty
> 
> 
> $ ls -l /proc/3628/fd
> ls: closing directory /proc/3628/fd: Bad address
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 Marco Administrators 0 Sep  8 16:43 0 -> /dev/ptmx
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 Marco Administrators 0 Sep  8 16:43 1 -> /dev/windows
> 
> 
> is it just on my machine ?

  Doesn't reproduce for me on w2k-sp4:

> $ ps
>       PID    PPID    PGID     WINPID  TTY  UID    STIME COMMAND
>      2788       1    2788       2788  con  500 05:10:21 /usr/bin/bash
>      1812    2788    1812       2144  con  500 05:17:39 /usr/bin/bash
> I    2732    2788    1812       3340  con  500 05:17:39 /usr/bin/tee
> I    1912       1    1912       1912  con  500 05:24:32 /usr/bin/bash
>      2968    1812    1812       2968  con  500 05:33:26 /usr/bin/bash
> I    3184    1812    1812       3048  con  500 05:33:26 /usr/bin/tee
>      2760       1    2760       2760    ?  500 05:33:30 /usr/bin/mintty
>      3364    2760    3364       2928    0  500 05:33:31 /usr/bin/bash
> O    3084    2968    1812       3216  con  500 05:33:32 /usr/bin/install
>      3460    3364    3460       3060    0  500 05:33:33 /usr/bin/ps
> 
> $ ls -la /proc/2760/fd
> total 0
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 DKAdmin None 0 Sep  9 05:33 .
> dr-xr-xr-x 3 DKAdmin None 0 Sep  9 05:33 ..
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 DKAdmin None 0 Sep  9 05:33 0 -> /dev/ptmx
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 DKAdmin None 0 Sep  9 05:33 1 -> /dev/windows
> 
> $



    cheers,
      DaveK


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