Subject: Re: ps(1) sysv silliness
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: ITOH Yasufumi <itohy@netbsd.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 06/08/2000 12:41:38 
simonb@netbsd.org writes:
> Ummm:
> 
> 	alpha:~ 6> ps Uroot
> 	PID TT STAT    TIME COMMAND
> 	198 E0 Is+  0:00.02 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 console 
> 	alpha:~ 7> ps -Uroot
> 	PID TT STAT    TIME COMMAND
> 	198 E0 Is+  0:00.02 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 console 

Ummmm,
	pino% ps Uroot
	ps: rooT: illegal user name
	pino%

Does your machine have a user named "rooT"?

> How old is your ps/which release are you running?  I didn't touch
> argument processing at all...

About five minutes old.
--
ITOH, Yasufumi