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What is the task "java" (parent process "launchd") doing on MacOS X?
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I have a process called "java" showing up in my Activity Monitor that uses a good amount of CPU (4 - 8% average, 20 - 80% on occasion). It reports that "launchd" is its parent process. Any idea what this is? I used this command to try to see what's going on (can't find where I found it at), but got…
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sudo fs_usage -w -f filesys java
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Pretty much all processes on OS X are launched by (just open Activity Monitor and display All Processes Hierarchically). This is the launchd though, which hints at a job in or . If you don't want to search the files for , you can open Terminal and r…
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