Subject: Re: ps -o field=HEADING,field2=HEADING2
To: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/11/2006 10:58:43
On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 12:30:53AM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
> Several issues with ps:
>
> 1) SUSv2 says that {ps -o "field1=HEADING1,field2=HEADING2"} specifies
> only one field: field1, whose heading is "HEADING1,field2=HEADING2".
> NetBSD's ps thinks that it specifies two fields: field1 with heading
> "HEADING1", and field2 with heading "HEADING2". I think we should
> change to be SUS compatible here. Any objections?
I would like to know when we decided that SUSv2 is a "reasonable standard"
to which we should try to conform. Please do not bring our ps(1) into
conformance by giving it System V option syntax...