man page more detailed #334682

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albert 2005-10-30 02:52:46 +00:00
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@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ more MIPS crud -- thanks Jim Gifford and Ryan Oliver
begin prep for setuid
top: fix %CPU max on 2..9 CPU SMP -- thanks Ga*tan LEURENT
ps: fix crash related to realloc -- thanks David Houlder
ps: man page more detailed #334682
procps-3.2.4 --> procps-3.2.5

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@ -84,14 +84,18 @@ instead and print a warning. This behavior is intended to aid in
transitioning old scripts and habits. It is fragile, subject to change,
and thus should not be relied upon.
.P
By default, \fBps\fR selects all processes with the same effective user
ID (EUID) as the curent user and associated with the same terminal as the
invoker. It displays the process ID (PID), the terminal associated
with the process (TTY), the cumulated CPU time in [dd\-]hh:mm:ss format
(TIME), and the executable name (CMD). Output is unsorted by default.
By default, \fBps\fR selects all processes
with the same effective user ID (euid=EUID) as the curent user
and
associated with the same terminal as the invoker.
It displays the process ID (pid=PID),
the terminal associated with the process (tname=TTY),
the cumulated CPU time in [dd\-]hh:mm:ss format (time=TIME),
and the executable name (ucmd=CMD).
Output is unsorted by default.
.P
The use of BSD\-style options will add process state (STAT) to the
default display and show the command args (COMMAND) instead of the
The use of BSD\-style options will add process state (stat=STAT) to the
default display and show the command args (args=COMMAND) instead of the
executable name. You can override this with the \fBPS_FORMAT\fR
environment variable. The use of BSD\-style options will also change the
process selection to include processes on other terminals (TTYs) that