What does 'SW' means in ps aux commnad uder the 'state' section

paralizer · #1 23rd January 2007, 10:16 PM

Ok, what does that mean? For example when I execute 'ps aux' I can see the list of the running processes. I know that Z means zombie state, S- sleep, R - running etc... But what does 'SW' means? I think it is S-sleep but W - ???

Thanks.

beissemj · #2 24th January 2007, 12:11 AM

RTM

Code:

man ps
       .  .  .
PROCESS STATE CODES
Here are the different values that the s, stat and state output specifiers (header "STAT" or "S") will display to describe the state of a process.
D    Uninterruptible sleep (usually IO)
R    Running or runnable (on run queue)
S    Interruptible sleep (waiting for an event to complete)
T    Stopped, either by a job control signal or because it is being traced.
W    paging (not valid since the 2.6.xx kernel)
X    dead (should never be seen)
Z    Defunct ("zombie") process, terminated but not reaped by its parent.

paralizer · #3 29th January 2007, 08:02 AM

Thanks......

Quote:

Originally Posted by beissemj

RTM

Code:

man ps
       .  .  .
PROCESS STATE CODES
Here are the different values that the s, stat and state output specifiers (header "STAT" or "S") will display to describe the state of a process.
D    Uninterruptible sleep (usually IO)
R    Running or runnable (on run queue)
S    Interruptible sleep (waiting for an event to complete)
T    Stopped, either by a job control signal or because it is being traced.
W    paging (not valid since the 2.6.xx kernel)
X    dead (should never be seen)
Z    Defunct ("zombie") process, terminated but not reaped by its parent.