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		q2dg 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running o... pstree doesn't answer the why?

mathfailure 1 day ago [–]

No, it does not.

tatref 1 day ago | [–]

I'm on mobile, so it's not super easy to read the source, but it seems like it only checks for the parent processes?

Also I don't think this approach works correctly, because a disowned/nohup process will show up as PPID 1 (systemd), which is not correct

pranshuparmar 1 day ago | | [–]

Yes, this is a bug. Planning to fix it soon.

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