[Ace-users] [ace-users] Multiple Processes in One Application

[Douglas C. Schmidt]

Hi Rabryn,

>I'm writing a multi-threaded application that uses ACE 5.5.10 as a
>statically linked library in GNU/Linux 2.6.19.  If I start the
>application and then execute a ps -e | grep 'appname' I see multiple
>processes running.  My question is why are threads being shown as
>processes?

This is a Linux question, not an ACE question.  The reason you're
seeing this is because Linux implements threads as (lightweight)
processes.

Doug
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