DStevenson wrote:
> Does anyone have any idea why scanimage spawns a child process which is
> identical to itself?
>
> I have just noticed it and the screen dump is shown below.
>
> david 1064 1063 0 21:22 pts/1 00:00:00 sh -c /usr/bin/scanimage
> --device hp:/dev/sga --brightness 50 --resolution 300 > /home/davi
> david 1065 1064 0 21:22 pts/1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/scanimage --device
> hp:/dev/sga --brightness 50 --resolution 300
> david 1066 1065 0 21:22 pts/1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/scanimage --device
> hp:/dev/sga --brightness 50 --resolution 300
Most backends create a subprocess to read the data from the scanner
into the buffer. This is the reason why scanimage is listed twice.
Bye
Oliver
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