#### Linux From Scratch - Version r13.0-6

### Chapter 8. Installing Basic System Software

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# 8.33. Psmisc-23.7

The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information about running processes.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 6.7 MB

## 8.33.1. Installation of Psmisc

Prepare Psmisc for compilation:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

    make

To run the test suite, run:

    make check

Install the package:

    make install

## 8.33.2. Contents of Psmisc

Installed programs: fuser, killall, peekfd, prtstat, pslog, pstree, and pstree.x11 (link to pstree)

### Short Descriptions

fuser | Reports the Process IDs (PIDs) of processes that use the given files or file systems
killall | Kills processes by name; it sends a signal to all processes running any of the given commands
peekfd | Peek at file descriptors of a running process, given its PID
prtstat | Prints information about a process
pslog | Reports current logs path of a process
pstree | Displays running processes as a tree
pstree.x11 | Same as pstree, except that it waits for confirmation before exiting

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