1.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/procctl/procctl.8,v 1.7.2.3 2003/03/11 22:31:31 trhodes Exp $ 2.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/procctl/procctl.8,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:30:01 dillon Exp $ 3.Dd November 23, 1997 4.Dt PROCCTL 8 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm procctl 8.Nd clear procfs event flags 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.Nm 11.Ar pid ... 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13The 14.Nm 15utility clears the 16.Xr procfs 5 17event mask used by 18.Xr truss 1 . 19This can be used in the event that a process is left stranded, since 20the 21.Xr procfs 5 22events result in a non-killable process. 23The arguments are a list of process IDs; 24.Nm 25goes through the list and clears the event masks for each specified process. 26.Sh SEE ALSO 27.Xr truss 1 , 28.Xr procfs 5 29.Sh HISTORY 30The 31.Nm 32utility was written by 33.An Sean Eric Fagan 34for 35.Fx . 36