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.

#!/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)
    }
    '