From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 3 15:30:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5066237B401 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:30:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5427343FDF for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h73MU2Up024623 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h73MU2BM024622; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200308032230.h73MU2BM024622@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, rdm@cfcl.com Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DE2937B401 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:24:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cfcl.com (cpe-24-221-172-174.ca.sprintbbd.net [24.221.172.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65C8B43FE0 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:24:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Received: from cfcl.com (localhost.cfcl.com [127.0.0.1]) by cfcl.com (8.12.6/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h73MTlj3031838 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:29:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Received: (from rdm@localhost) by cfcl.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h73MTlot031828; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:29:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200308032229.h73MTlot031828@cfcl.com> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:29:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich Morin To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: docs/55221: ps(1) man page nit - description of "state" field X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: rdm@cfcl.com List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 22:30:03 -0000 >Number: 55221 >Category: docs >Synopsis: ps(1) man page nit - description of "state" field >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Aug 03 15:30:01 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Rich Morin >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Canta Forda Computer Laboratory >Environment: FreeBSD cfcl.com 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 16 12:01:18 PST 2002 rdm@cfcl.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/CFCL i386 >Description: The ps(1) manual page says: The state is given by a sequence of letters, for example, "RWNA". The first letter indicates the run state of the process: D Marks a process in disk (or other short term, uninterruptible) wait. ... Additional characters after these, if any, indicate additional state information: + The process is in the foreground process group of its control terminal. ... This description is faulty. Given that the "additional characters" may not be letters, the initial description should be changed to (something like): The state is given by a sequence of characters, for example, "RWNA". The first character (always a letter) indicates the run state of the process: ... >How-To-Repeat: man ps >Fix: as described above Note: This error is also present in the FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE and 5.1-RELEASE man pages, as shown on the FreeBSD web site. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: