Deprecating ps(1)s -w switch

Doug Barton dougb at FreeBSD.org
Tue Aug 25 19:15:47 UTC 2009


Ivan Radovanovic wrote:

> So, if the developer is presented with a task of developing utility to
> list running processes on the machine the right way to solve this
> problem is to implement it exactly the way the ps is implemented (ie, to
> please some aesthetic criteria (ie to format output to some width)
> rather than to focus on functionality)?

If you're developing your own app to display running processes
implement it any way you wish. That's totally unrelated to the
question at hand.


Doug

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