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Re: Unexpected 'gzip --best' processes
2004-10-21 16:08:04
Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 at 6:19pm, Toralf Lund wrote
This may be related to our backup problems described earlier:
I just noticed that during a dump running just now, I have
# ps -f -C gzip
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
amanda 3064 769 0 17:18 pts/5 00:00:00 /bin/gzip --best
amanda 3129 773 0 17:44 pts/5 00:00:00 /bin/gzip --best
*snip*
Any ideas why I get these processes?
That's the indexes (indices?) getting compressed.
Ah. Yes, of course... Damn, I was hoping that it was something that
shouldn't be there, as that might perhaps explain other issues...
index (LIST)
<http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=40207&ph=on>
noun [C] plural indices or indexes
1 an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book
showing which page a subject, name, etc. is found on:
Try looking up 'heart disease' *in* the index.
2 a collection of information stored on a computer or on a set of cards,
in alphabetical order:
He has all his friends' names and addresses *on* a *card* index.
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