Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:46:43 +0100 (CET) From: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de> To: Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net Subject: Re: posix ps (was Re: Adding `pgrep' and `pkill' to /usr/bin) Message-ID: <20040327154442.L6201@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> In-Reply-To: <1080334271.2255.1301.camel@cube> References: <1080334271.2255.1301.camel@cube>
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Albert Cahalan wrote: AC>Cyrille Lefevre writes: AC> AC>Step 1: AC> AC>a. ps does old BSD behavior by default AC>b. /posix/bin/ps is a script that sets the SUSv3 personality AC>c. /usr/ucb/ps is a link to /bin/ps AC> AC>Step 2: AC> AC>a. ps does SUSv3 by default AC>b. /posix/bin/ps is a link to /bin/ps AC>c. /usr/ucb/ps is a script that sets the old BSD personality It don't think that 2a is a good step. Too many people are used to BSD behaviour especially if the are on a BSD system. Also it seems to me that having /usr/ucb on a BSD system is a silly thing. If you need /usr/posix (not /posix please) so it be. harti
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