From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-11-21T05:40:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Unknown ruby processes show up in "top" when running cronjob

observatory@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a ruby (rails) cronjob.
> When I monitor the execution of the cronjob with top, I notice that 2
> more processes show up in there (instead of just one for my cronjob).
> 
> My cronjob captures the output of running a python script (with the
> `python script.py` syntax). Can this be the cause?

Yes.

> Why? 

Because the cronjob has its own process ID (1), then it needs to execute the
Python interpreter (2) which runs the Python script (3). All separate
processes.

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