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

From: Albert Cahalan (albert_at_users.sf.net)
Date: 03/27/04

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    To: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com>
Date: 27 Mar 2004 10:14:59 -0500

    On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 04:54, Devon H. O'Dell wrote:
    > Albert Cahalan wrote:
    > > [snip]
    > > None yet. Do you happen to know the right people
    > > at any of the UNIX(R) shops?
    > >
    > > Rough idea of direction:
    > >
    > > 1. get some wiki-like thing for editing a document
    >
    > I'd be happy and willing to set this up. Any preference on the system
    > used? I can do this immediately.

    Just a generic idea:

    * must have enough control to keep out trolls and spammers
    * colored text or boxes, for commentary or optional parts
    * can undo changes
    * recent changes highlighted or diffs available

    > > 2. define a fair "extended ps" compromise
    > > 3. based on that, patch the SUSv3 ps specification
    > > 4. get Linux, one BSD, one SysV, and one OSF/1 to conform
    > > 5. get some of the changes into SUSv4 (deadline?)
    >
    > Is there any way I can help with the above? I'm definitely interested in
    > helping make FreeBSD more standards compliant and helping with
    > suggestions for standards as well.

    Sure, if you either have experience hacking ps code or
    you know about ps behavior on a wide variety of systems.

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