cvs commit: src/bin/ps keyword.c print.c ps.h

Tim Robbins tjr at FreeBSD.ORG
Tue Apr 15 01:48:26 PDT 2003


On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:36:07PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:

> On Saturday, 12 April 2003 at  3:39:56 -0700, Tim J. Robbins wrote:
> > tjr         2003/04/12 03:39:56 PDT
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     bin/ps               keyword.c print.c ps.h
> >   Log:
> >   Display residency and sleep times (re and sl fields) larger than 127 as 127.
> >   This is what the manual page says ps should do, and what OpenBSD and NetBSD do.
> 
> Why is this a Good Thing?

Two reasons: it makes the output of "ps -v" less ugly, and it makes the code
consistent with the documentation. It's a waste of information though. What do
you suggest instead? Dynamically resizing the column width to fit the number
would be one alternative.


Tim


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