Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 11:33:14 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Cc: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, pritc003@maroon.tc.umn.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: More devfs stuff Message-ID: <9504241733.AA14857@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199504230834.DAA09371@bonkers.taronga.com> from "Peter da Silva" at Apr 23, 95 03:34:17 am
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> > On the other hand, there are many reporting tools (ps, etc.) that > > have a limit on the number of tty type devices based on a interface > > identifier character and one or two instance identifiers (for ps this > > is one). > > What tools other than PS have this field-overflow type of problem? It's > the only one that ever gets brought up. If it's really the only thing > standing in the way of sensible device naming then it's time to change > the output format. It's time to change it for ps, who, rwho, rwhod, w, last, finger, and the accounting reporting programs. Sorry, but I don't believe this list to be exhaustive. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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