Subject: Re: ps(1) sysv silliness
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 06/08/2000 23:32:23
Simon Burge wrote:

> ITOH Yasufumi wrote:
> 
> > 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%

This is fixed in rev 1.40 of ps.c.  FWIW, things like "ps ostart" and
any other command line option that took an option string that ended in
't' was busted.

Simon.