Why sosreport process is listed in ps output even if it has successfully completed its execution ?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Sosreport process is listed in ps output even if it has successfully completed its execution and generated sosreport in /tmp
[root@localhost ~]# ps -ef | grep sosreport

root     23093 23083  0 17:16 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh -c nice sosreport --tmp-dir "$DUMP_DIR" --batch \?                --only=anaconda --only=bootloader --only=devicemapper \?                --only=filesys --only=hardware --only=kernel --only=libraries \?                --only=memory --only=networking --only=nfsserver --only=pam \?                --only=process --only=rpm -k rpm.rpmva=off --only=ssh \?                --only=startup --only=yum --only=general --only=x11 \?                >sosreport.log 2>&1 \?        && {?                rm sosreport.log?                rm sosreport*.md5?                mv sosreport*.tar.bz2 sosreport.tar.bz2?                mv sosreport*.tar.xz sosreport.tar.xz?                exit 0?        } 2>/dev/null?        # Error in sosreport run. Let user see the problem.?        echo "sosreport run failed with exit code $?, log follows:"?        # sosreport prints many useless empty lines, nuke them:?        # it looks awful in syslog otherwise.?        cat sosreport.log | sed 's/  *$//' | grep -v '^$'?        rm sosreport.log?        exit 1

root     23094 23093  2 17:16 ?        00:00:03 /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/sosreport --tmp-dir /var/spool/abrt/pyhook-2014-05-20-17:16:28-22860 --batch --only=anaconda --only=bootloader --only=devicemapper --only=filesys --only=hardware --only=kernel --only=libraries --only=memory --only=networking --only=nfsserver --only=pam --only=process --only=rpm -k rpm.rpmva=off --only=ssh --only=startup --only=yum --only=general --only=x11

root     25940 16108  0 17:18 pts/1    00:00:00 grep sosreport

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • sos-2.2-47.el6.noarch

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