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Old 02-12-2009
Question How to check since when (for how long) a particular process is running ?

How do I check if a particular process is running from a certain date and time ?
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Old 02-12-2009
ps -elf|more
The Field under STIME tells you how long the process been running.
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Old 02-19-2009
On some platforms you can do something like:
Code:
ps -o pid,stime,cmd

Think of "stime" as "since time"
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