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distnoted-reaper.sh: new script to clean up a runaway distnoted This seems to be connected with leaving emacs running, but supposedly the bug is fixed. This is a cronnable script to kill a runaway distnoted without harming one that's not insane.
author Augie Fackler <raf@durin42.com>
date Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:39:56 -0400
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# check for runaway distnoted, kill if necessary
+#
+PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
+export PATH
+
+ps -reo '%cpu,uid,pid,command' |
+    awk -v UID=$UID '
+    /distnoted agent$/ && $1 > 100.0 && $2 == UID {
+        system("kill -9 " $3)
+    }
+    '