There are a few bug fixes, including correct signal printing for both
2.0.xx and 2.1.xx kernels. (no, procps-1.2.7 can't do it)
Mostly though, /bin/ps got new features and standards compliance.
There is a personality mechanism that can control the output,
with the default being a nice (opinions welcome) compromise.
Cool stuff:
ps -ef UNIX syntax
ps aux BSD syntax
ps t Obsolete BSD syntax :-)
ps -aux Accepted as BSD syntax, but with a warning
ps -ef f -l Combined BSD and UNIX syntax
ps e -e --forest Long options are supported too
ps -o "%u : %U : %p : %a" Sick AIX feature
ps -C syslogd -o pid= Print _only_ the process IDs of syslogd
ps -eo pid,user,fname,tmout,f,wchan User-defined output formats
This beta will call itself 1.9, but that means nothing right now.
The timestamps inside the tar file are determined by my motherboard
clock, so ignore them too. The tar file name is all that matters.
http://www.cs.uml.edu/~acahalan/linux/procps-980502.tgz
Help wanted: I need people who can run experiments on foreign UNIX
systems, in particular: SCO, Solaris, HP-UX, Irix, AIX
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