Re: Could someone explain why thunderbird creates so many processes per folder

[Cameron Simpson]

On 17Mar2015 14:51, Gordon Messmer  wrote:
> On 03/14/2015 04:17 PM, jd1008 wrote:
> > $ lsof | grep Sent
> > thunderbi 3165           jd   37u REG               8,19   3107745
> > 62260168 /sdb3/home/jd/.thunderbird/jd1008/Mail/pop.googlemail.com/Sent.msf
> > Gecko_IOT 3165 3192      jd   37u REG               8,19   3107745
> > 62260168 /sdb3/home/jd/.thunderbird/jd1008/Mail/pop.googlemail.com/Sent.msf
>
> PID is the second column.  All of the output you sent was PID 3165.  
> One process.

And also just one file descriptor, merely mentioned many times.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson

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