small ps(1) man page adjustment

Glen Barber gjb at FreeBSD.org
Sat Oct 1 22:41:18 UTC 2011


Hi Alex,

I can look later, unless someone else gets to it first.

Regards,

Glen

On 10/1/11 6:03 PM, Alexander Best wrote:
> On Sat Oct  1 11, Alexander Best wrote:
>> hi there,
>>
>> this small adjustment to the ps(1) man page sorts the fields being displayed
>> by merely typing 'ps' correctly.
> 
> this patch cleans up the ps(1) man page some more:
> 
> O there's no reason the semantics of the -x flag are being explained in the
>   -a flag description
> 
> O be more precise regarding the relation between the -a flag and the
>   security.bsd.see_other_uids sysctl
> 
> O describe the format of the -t flag's argument
> 
> O 'con' no longer is a possible entry in the 'TT' column
> 
> O explain that the 'TT' column refers to pseudo-terminals via mere numbers
> 
> O add a hint in the 'tt' keyword description that a keyword 'tty' exists,
>   which will give the full terminal pathname
> 
> cheers.
> alex
> 
>>
>> cheers.
>> alex
> 
>> diff --git a/bin/ps/ps.1 b/bin/ps/ps.1
>> index a66ed5d..8c27186 100644
>> --- a/bin/ps/ps.1
>> +++ b/bin/ps/ps.1
>> @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ and
>>  .Fl o
>>  options).
>>  The default output format includes, for each process, the process' ID,
>> -controlling terminal, CPU time (including both user and system time),
>> -state, and associated command.
>> +controlling terminal, state, CPU time (including both user and system time)
>> +and associated command.
>>  .Pp
>>  The process file system (see
>>  .Xr procfs 5 )
> 


-- 
Glen Barber | gjb at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD Documentation Project

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