Solaris™ 8 System Administrator Exam Cram™ 2 (Exams CX-310-011 and CX-310-012)

Chapter 7. Controlling Processes

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Process attributes

• The ps, prstat, and pgrep commands

• Signals

• The kill and pkill commands

• The cron and crontab commands

• Crontab files

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Viewing process attributes using the ps, prstat, and pgrep commands

• Terminating processes using the kill and pkill commands

• Scheduling processes using the cron and at commands

• Controlling use of the cron and at commands

This chapter covers controlling programs or processes running on the system. This control consists of viewing the status of processes, killing processes as needed, and scheduling the automatic starting of processes. The Process Control test objectives are covered in this chapter.