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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/fs/procfs procfs_status.c 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:52:42 +0930."
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:52:42 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:

> >   Log:
> >   A process name may contain whitespace and unprintable characters,
> >   so convert those characters to octal notation.
> 
> Why octal?

If you're suggesting hex, which requires fewer characters to represent,
I'm with you.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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