Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 17:36:58 +1000 From: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: ache@nagual.pp.ru (=?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?=), wosch@apfel.de, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: long usernames in top Message-ID: <199707060737.RAA01362@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 05 Jul 1997 11:39:19 MST." <199707051839.LAA14837@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> > Better variant will be to calculate maxnamelen at runtime through > > displayed names only, not through all names from /etc/passwd > > Yes. This is what I did for "ps" and "w". The annoying thing > about top is that the name data is potentially variant on each > refresh. Plus the thing is being actively maintained by an agency > other than FreeBSD, so unless the job was done completely, it's > likely that it would become a FreeBSD-only maintenance nightmare. Nightmare? Terry, this is why we use cvs and vendor branches. In any case, FreeBSD is not the only OS with support for >8 length usernames. Regards, David -- David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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