Column C of ps

[Alexander Gavrenkov]

Can anybody explain more clearly then it is done in man pages for ps the meaning of the column C.

man says that it is a processor utilization for scheduling. ?

[Mariusz Grabowski_2]

Alexander,
do your mean 3rd column of ps -ef?

if so, it means the 'father' of the process


rgds,

mariusz

[Robin Wakefield · Accepted solution]

Hi Alexander,

The C column indicates the recent CPU usage value of a process. It is incremented by 1 each time that process is in control of the CPU when the timer interrupt occurs (every 10 milliseconds). The maximum value of recent CPU usage is 120.

Rgds, Robin

[Praveen Bezawada]

Hi

It is the cpu Processor utilization for scheduling. The default heading for this column is C.

...BPK...

[Alexander Gavrenkov]

Hi Robin,

Do I understand correct that 1 is added at the end of 10 milliseconds interval?

And on our system (HP-UX 11.0) the maximum value is 255.

Nevertheless, thank you very much.
Alexander

[Robin Wakefield]

Alexander,

Yes, IF the process is in control of the CPU.

Rgds, Robin