You can display detailed technical information about processes or control active processes by using some of the process commands. For a list of some of the process commands, see Using the /proc File System and Commands.
If a process becomes trapped in an endless loop, or if the process takes too long to execute, you might want to stop (kill) the process. For examples, see Terminating a Process.
The /proc file system is a directory hierarchy that contains additional subdirectories for state information and control functions.
The /proc file system also provides an xwatchpoint facility that is used to remap read-and-write permissions on the individual pages of a process' address space. This facility has no restrictions and is MT-safe.
Debugging tools have been modified to use the xwatchpoint facility, which means that the entire xwatchpoint process is faster.
The following restrictions no longer apply when you set xwatchpoints by using the dbx debugging tool:
Setting xwatchpoints on local variables on the stack due to SPARC based system register windows.
Setting xwatchpoints on multithreaded processes.