Re: posix ps (was Re: Adding `pgrep' and `pkill' to /usr/bin)

From: Harti Brandt (brandt_at_fokus.fraunhofer.de)
Date: 03/27/04

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    Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:46:43 +0100 (CET)
To: Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sourceforge.net>

    On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Albert Cahalan wrote:

    AC>Cyrille Lefevre writes:
    AC>
    AC>Step 1:
    AC>
    AC>a. ps does old BSD behavior by default
    AC>b. /posix/bin/ps is a script that sets the SUSv3 personality
    AC>c. /usr/ucb/ps is a link to /bin/ps
    AC>
    AC>Step 2:
    AC>
    AC>a. ps does SUSv3 by default
    AC>b. /posix/bin/ps is a link to /bin/ps
    AC>c. /usr/ucb/ps is a script that sets the old BSD personality

    It don't think that 2a is a good step. Too many people are used to BSD
    behaviour especially if the are on a BSD system. Also it seems to me that
    having /usr/ucb on a BSD system is a silly thing. If you need /usr/posix
    (not /posix please) so it be.

    harti
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