is this normal?

Larry.Barber at usda.gov Larry.Barber at usda.gov
Mon Jul 25 17:22:25 CEST 2005


Installed 4.1.0, started the client, the client spawned dozens of vmstat
commands. A partial ps -ef :

[hobbit at enormous logs]$ ps -ef | grep client
hobbit    4092  4026  0 10:03 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_channel
--channel=client --log=/var/log/hobbit/clientdata.log hobbitd_client
hobbit    4096  4092  0 10:03 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_client
hobbit    5554     1  0 10:11 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5544 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5544 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat
hobbit    5572     1  0 10:11 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5562 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5562 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat
hobbit    5590     1  0 10:11 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5580 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5580 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat
hobbit    5613     1  0 10:11 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5603 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5603 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat
hobbit    5631     1  0 10:12 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5621 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5621 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat
hobbit    5649     1  0 10:12 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5639 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5639 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat
hobbit    5667     1  0 10:12 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5657 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5657 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat
hobbit    5685     1  0 10:12 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5675 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5675 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat
hobbit    5703     1  0 10:12 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5693 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5693 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat
hobbit    5721     1  0 10:12 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5711 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5711 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat
hobbit    5739     1  0 10:12 ?        00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2
1>/usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5729 2>&1;
mv /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.5729 /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat


.. and on and on. 

Thanks,
Larry Barber






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