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Date:      Thu, 12 May 2005 14:19:09 +0100
From:      Dominic Marks <dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        Tuomo Latto <djv@mbnet.fi>
Subject:   Re: Strange top(1) output
Message-ID:  <200505121419.09662.dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <4283565F.5000103@mbnet.fi>
References:  <c21e92e20505100316667e6bd4@mail.gmail.com> <200505121349.31508.dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> <4283565F.5000103@mbnet.fi>

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On Thursday 12 May 2005 14:13, Tuomo Latto wrote:
> Dominic Marks wrote:
> >>This includes at least the following changes (some not visible):
> >>
> >>  + The entire header line is limited to the window width too.
> >>  + The USERNAME column is hard-limited to 8 characters.
>
> ...
>
> > I suppose it could be argued that using usernames of that format is a
> > poor choice on my part, and if that is the consensus of opinion then I'll
> > have to look at fixing my own setup. I use long format usernames because
> > it do not wish to have to remember that rm5, rmoore (many other possible
> > ways) is a particular person.
>
> finger?

True, that would work, but it does increase the amount of time needed to get a 
proper idea of the current state of the system significantly, which is the 
purpose of top (to me).

> > If this behaviour could be turned on and off, I'd be very happy.
>
> How about making it a command line parameter? The field size, I mean.

-- 
Dominic
GoodforBusiness.co.uk
I.T. Services for SMEs in the UK.



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