Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:48:15 +1000 From: Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ps keyword.c print.c ps.h Message-ID: <20030415184815.A11784@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au> In-Reply-To: <20030415050607.GF8718@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:36:07PM %2B0930 References: <200304121039.h3CAduH7079324@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030415050607.GF8718@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:36:07PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Saturday, 12 April 2003 at 3:39:56 -0700, Tim J. Robbins wrote: > > tjr 2003/04/12 03:39:56 PDT > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > bin/ps keyword.c print.c ps.h > > Log: > > Display residency and sleep times (re and sl fields) larger than 127 as 127. > > This is what the manual page says ps should do, and what OpenBSD and NetBSD do. > > Why is this a Good Thing? Two reasons: it makes the output of "ps -v" less ugly, and it makes the code consistent with the documentation. It's a waste of information though. What do you suggest instead? Dynamically resizing the column width to fit the number would be one alternative. Tim
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