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The process family tree:
- There is a tree like relationship among processes:
Given the following:
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[braught@zook braught]$ netscape &
[braught@zook braught]$ emacs &
[braught@zook braught]$ xfig &
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- bash is the parent process
- netscape, emacs and xfig are children of bash and are siblings
- netscape is the oldest sibling
- xfig is the youngest sibling
- Linux stores this structure as linked lists
- Linux will show you the tree ( ps f )