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## Name

procs — checks for running processes or services (Win32)

## Synopsis

[ `localhost procs=nfsd(1-16),sendmail,lpd(1-40)` ]`procs`

("there must be 1 to 16 nfsd processes, at minimum one sendmail process and 1 to 40 lpd processes")

[ localhost pscomm=`ps cax` procs=nfsd(1-16),sendmail,lpd(1-40)]`procs`

uses the command `ps cax` for finding the running processes

## Description

The `ps` command used for determining the list of processes is guessed by the procs check. If available it preferably uses `ps -e`, on systems without a working `ps -e` it tries to use `ps cax`. Both `ps -e` and `ps cax` display the process name as being the same of argument 0 passed to a program. If you prefer checking against the full command line you can use

     localhost alternate=yes procs=nfsd,oracleinst1 procs

This will make `procs` use the `ps -ef` command.

| Note
On Win32 systems the `pscomm` argument is ignored. On Win32 systems it is possible to monitor remote systems.

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