This page displays details of a running process. At the top
the following information is displayed :
- Command
- The program and command line arguments for this process
- Process ID
- The unique process ID
- Parent Process
- The process that created this one. Click on it to display the details of
the parent.
- User
- The user who owns this process, and with whose permissions it runs
- CPU Use
- The percentage of CPU time this process is currently using
- Size
- The amount of memory occupied by this process. Some of this may be
shared by other processes
- Run Time
- The total amount of CPU time used by this process since it was started,
in minutes. Unless the process was very CPU intensive, this will not be
the same as the number of minutes elapsed since it began.
- Nice Level
- The priority at which this process runs. More information
about the nice level is available.
Additional information may also be displayed, depending on the exact Unix
version you are running.
Below the process information is a button for sending a signal to the
process. Select the signal that you want to send from the
list, then click the Send Signal button. The most useful signals
are KILL and TERM, for killing the process.
If this process has any children, they will be displayed at the bottom of
the page. Click on an ID from the list to display detailed information.