a sysctl for process binary osreldate

[Mikolaj Golub]

On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:29:01 +0100 Jilles Tjoelker wrote:

 JT> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 09:30:05PM +0200, Mikolaj Golub wrote:
 >> I added osrel output to procstat -b option:

 >> kopusha:~% procstat -b 2975
 >>   PID COMM                OSREL PATH
 >>  2975 emacs             1000001 /usr/local/bin/emacs-23.3

 >> Would this be ok or someone see a better way?

 JT> Hmm, this means that procstat is not supposed to be used from scripts as
 JT> it is apparently OK to change its output format like this?

Yes, breaking output compatibility worries me too. Although I already broke it
recently for '-s' option, adding umask output. Let me cite Robert (taken from
our then discussion about procstat umask output):

> if we add too many arguments we'll start looking like ps(1), whereas the
> point of procstat(1) is that it's *not* ps(1) :-).

That is why I decided to not introduce yet another option here too at the cost
of breaking compatibility. But I am open for any suggestions. 

 JT> In some ways, querying via ps would be better for scripts since it
 JT> allows things like
 JT>   ps -p PID -o KEYWORD=
 JT> which do not need additional parsing except that many of the newer
 JT> things in procstat do not have ps keywords.

 JT> -- 
 JT> Jilles Tjoelker

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Mikolaj Golub