Date: 06 Jul 1997 00:12:18 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@apfel.de> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: ache@nagual.pp.ru (=?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?=), davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: long usernames in top Message-ID: <p1i7mf5no70.fsf@panke.panke.de> In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert's message of Sat, 5 Jul 1997 11:39:19 -0700 (MST) References: <199707051839.LAA14837@phaeton.artisoft.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes: > > 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. Absolutely correct. My 7 line patch did not fix the problem, but makes the life for 99% of the users easier. How many systems have usernames longer than 10 characters? -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@apfel.de> http://www.apfel.de/~wosch/
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?p1i7mf5no70.fsf>