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 1.5 2005/08/01 01:49:18 swildner Exp $ 3.Dd December 6, 2004 4.Dt PROCCTL 8 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm procctl 8.Nd clear procfs event flags 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.Nm 11.Op Fl v 12.Ar pid ... 13.Sh DESCRIPTION 14The 15.Nm 16utility clears the 17.Xr procfs 5 18event mask used by 19.Xr truss 1 . 20This can be used in the event that a process is left stranded, since 21the 22.Xr procfs 5 23events result in a non-killable process. 24The arguments are a list of process IDs; 25.Nm 26goes through the list and clears the event masks for each specified process. 27.Pp 28The options are as follows: 29.Bl -tag -width Ds 30.It Fl v 31Verbose mode. 32.El 33.Sh SEE ALSO 34.Xr truss 1 , 35.Xr procfs 5 36.Sh HISTORY 37The 38.Nm 39utility was written by 40.An Sean Eric Fagan 41for 42.Fx . 43.Pp 44Some contributions made by 45.An Liam J. Foy Aq liamfoy@sepulcrum.org 46