1.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/procctl/procctl.8,v 1.7.2.3 2003/03/11 22:31:31 trhodes Exp $ 2.Dd December 6, 2004 3.Dt PROCCTL 8 4.Os 5.Sh NAME 6.Nm procctl 7.Nd clear procfs event flags 8.Sh SYNOPSIS 9.Nm 10.Op Fl v 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.Pp 27The options are as follows: 28.Bl -tag -width Ds 29.It Fl v 30Verbose mode. 31.El 32.Sh SEE ALSO 33.Xr truss 1 , 34.Xr procfs 5 35.Sh HISTORY 36The 37.Nm 38utility was written by 39.An Sean Eric Fagan 40for 41.Fx . 42.Pp 43Some contributions made by 44.An Liam J. Foy Aq Mt liamfoy@sepulcrum.org 45