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ps -- Device Driver Driver to return information about processes /dev/ps The file /dev/ps accesses the kernel's process table. It is a part of the driver mem, which manages memory; thus, it has major number 0 and minor number 6. /dev/ps is a read-only device that exists only to support the command ps and its variants. The command ps reads this device to display a ``snapshot'' of the processes that the COHERENT kernel is executing. Reading /dev/ps deposits an array of the structure stMonitor into the read buffer. The number of bytes requested by the system call read() should be enough to accommodate the entire process table. Header file <sys/coh_ps.h> defines stMonitor. See Also device drivers, ps [command]