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<DIV><SPAN class=281561101-21102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I run 'ps aux'
I get this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=281561101-21102005><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>root 964 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:00 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 965 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:00 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 967 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:00 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 975 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:00 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 982 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:00 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 984 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:12 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 986 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:00 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 987 0.1 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 1:10 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 988 0.1 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 1:24 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 989 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:00 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 993 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:00 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 994 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:17 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 996 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:00 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 997 0.0 0.4 47836
8280 ? S
00:02 0:02 asterisk -vvvg -c<BR>root
24202 1.2 0.4 47836 8280 ?
S 09:04 6:52 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 29417 1.6 0.4 47836 8280
? S
11:07 6:54 asterisk -vvvg -c<BR>root
6555 1.0 0.4 47836 8280 ?
S 14:44 2:04 asterisk -vvvg
-c<BR>root 8463 1.1 0.4 47836 8280
? S
15:29 1:53 asterisk -vvvg -c<BR>root
14405 1.0 0.4 47836 8280 ?
S 17:47 0:15 asterisk -vvvg -c</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=281561101-21102005><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>My question
is, why are there 21 instances of asterisk running?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=281561101-21102005><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I understand
the concept of a multi-threaded app in Linux (such as httpd). I am just looking
for possible avenues and explanations of where I could look to figure out what
each instance (or some of the instances) are actually doing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=281561101-21102005><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>* 1.0.9; FC1
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<DIV><SPAN class=281561101-21102005><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Thanks in
advance</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=281561101-21102005><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>Jason</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>