[Info-vax] vms base priority watch

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In article <paul.nospam-822E90.14463124072011 at pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul.nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>In article <00AB2C94.A89B1D8F at SendSpamHere.ORG>,
> VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>
>> In article <j0e4tb$tmm$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm 
>> <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>> >Paul Sture wrote 2011-07-23 06:56:
>> >> In article
>> >> <602ebbf9-1168-4123-9f7c-007d9f9c9f13 at glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com
>> >>> ,
>> >>   "pcoviello at gmail.com"<pcoviello at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> no it wasn't base hence my confusion... just trying to translate PID to
>> >>> username with above info...
>> >>
>> >> Try this, substituting the desired PID as necessary
>> >>
>> >> $ write sys$output f$getjpi("0005FDE1" ,"username")
>> >>                               ^^^^^^^^
>> >>
>> >> See HELP LEXICALS F$GETJPI for mor details.
>> >>
>> >> You will need WORLD privilege to do this for users not in the same group
>> >> as your process (or GROUP privilege if they are in the same group as
>> >> your process).
>> >>
>> >
>> >Or shorter :
>> >
>> >$ sho proc/id=0005FDE1
>> >
>> >Shows both "username" and "base prioroty" at the same time...
>> 
>> ...and a "$ SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS/ID=0005FDE1" would allow monitoring
>> of both the current and base priority.
>
>FWIW I usually define this as a foreign command in my LOGIN.COM:
>
>$ inf*o :== SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS/ID='p1'
>
>WHy "info"?  Because that was the name of the utility that was 
>superseded by SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS.
>
>Incidentally I have just noticed that the following has appeared in the 
>help for SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS, at some point since 7.3:. 
>
>Key        Action
>
>E          Exits the continuous display.
>Q          Dynamically displays process quotas.
>T          Displays information for threads in the process. Press
>           the T key repeatedly to cycle through multiple threads.
>V          Displays a map of the pages in the virtual address
>           space of the process.
>
>           Each character displayed in the map represents the type
>           of page. If the current program counter is in the page,
>           the page type is indicated by an at sign (@). Pages
>           locked in the working set are indicated by the lette
>           L. Global pages are indicated by the letter G. Other
>           valid pages in the working set are indicated by an
>           asterisk (*).
>Space      Returns to the default display.
>bar

The V and E have been there for a long time; the T and Q were more recent
additions.

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