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diff --git a/perl/perl-Proc-ProcessTable/README b/perl/perl-Proc-ProcessTable/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..39c5efacd3af --- /dev/null +++ b/perl/perl-Proc-ProcessTable/README @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +This module is a first crack at providing a consistent interface to +Unix (and maybe other multitasking OS's) process table information. + +This is mainly for other Perl programs, but there is also a command +line tool pswait which takes a list of process IDs or names and then +waits for one or all of them to end. This is useful for scripts +dealing with process pools or concurrent pipelines. + |