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Underappreciated top (friendo.monster)

submitted 12 hours ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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Always thought top was one of those programs frozen in time since the 70s, but apparently, it has a feature set comparable to htop and the like. The default configuration just doesn't show much of it...

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[–] thinkercharmercoderfarmer@slrpnk.net 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Very cool, thanks. I migrated from top to htop a while ago and never looked back, but I occasionally have to use machines that don't have htop so it might be time to get familiar with the default tooling.

Why do they say that SIGKILL bad practice? I use it as the second tap if a SIGTERM doesn't knock something out. The link in the article is 404ing.

[–] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

SIGKILL is a good way to orphan children. Or end a DB trabsaction without properly closing it (so the server socket stays open, or the transaction lock isn't released...) It exists for a reason, but docs usually caution against it because it can cause unexpected behaviors.

[–] thinkercharmercoderfarmer@slrpnk.net 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Ah makes sense. Thanks!

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, system will take care of the orphans

[–] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

Turning them into Zombies is certainly a way of dealing with orphans, sure...