Subject: Re: PID_MAX and NO_PID
To: Martin Weber <Ephaeton@gmx.net>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/18/2002 15:16:57
> Patched up (my system has NO_PID = -1 already)...
> I suspect 'top' will explode...
> 'ps' should be ok.

 30318 pc S     0:00.02 -ksh 
 38715 ?? S     0:01.90 xterm -ls -sb +sk -sl 1024 -geometry 80x40 
 65443 pb S+    0:01.51 sysstat 
102629 p6 R+    0:00.00 ps -ax 
103870 pc S+    0:09.66 /bin/sh /home/dsl/bin/update 
109426 p6 R+    0:00.00 -sh 
123046 pc R+    0:00.00 ls -ild /oldroot/usr/bsd-current/dest/./usr/share/zonei

Both top and systat seem to use a fixed %5d field for pids,
so the rest of the line is shifted over 1 column.

	David

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