Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:03:48 +0200 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: bsd-lists@BSDforge.com Cc: freebsd-stable Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-jail@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jail related inconsistencies in FreeBSD tools parameters Message-ID: <d2068437-672c-5472-0480-86fd094a8143@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <6dd9952452c73826a2f9c01612586bea@udns.ultimatedns.net> References: <6dd9952452c73826a2f9c01612586bea@udns.ultimatedns.net>
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Chris H wrote on 2018/06/22 23:46: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:13:17 +0200 "Miroslav Lachman" <000.fbsd@quip.cz> > said > >> I don't know if it is better to discuss it in jail@ or stable@ list so >> a do cross-post. >> >> FreeBSD has many jail aware utilities but they are inconsistent in >> taking JID as parameter. >> >> For example "sockstat" takes -j JID "Show only sockets belonging to >> the specified jail ID" and it means numeric ID only. >> On the other hand "ps" takes -J JID "This may be either the jid or >> name of the jail. Use -J 0 to display only host processes." >> The same apply for "top", it understands jid as a number or name of >> the jail too. >> Then again "cpuset" takes only numerical ID of the jail... >> >> Shouldn't it be consistent across all FreeBSD base utilities so all of >> them can use numerical ID and name? > Good idea! Are you offering to create a patch? ;-) > It'd be my guess that given they weren't all created at the same time, nor > the same individual; that (quite probably?) the "jail" additions were also > added at different times, and by different people. So I'd imagine that > unless someone with a commit bit decides one day they'd like to take that > on. Someone(tm) maybe you? will need to propose a patch. :-) If I can understand C sources I will create the patch by myself instead of just posting here. Unfortunately I am able to code in sh, php and a bit of javascript and perl but no C. :) Miroslav Lachman
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