X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:52:27 -0400 (EDT) From: William Sutton To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ps -ef difference linux/cygwin (arguments) In-Reply-To: <20090429144728.GB12904@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Message-ID: References: <20090429081129.GA44103@xs4all.nl> <20090429144728.GB12904@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (DEB 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com That's a nice answer for a command that works, but, speaking for myself and a lot of other people who use cygwin for the UNIX-like utilities (like the OP), we shouldn't have to remember one-off command names to get the same functionality we're used to in *NIX. Perhaps ps could be fixed to include the proper information instead if either having users languish in ignorance or be told to use some other command. William Sutton On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:11:29AM +0200, jurriaan wrote: >> If I run execute some sh -c "sleep 180" & commands on cygwin >> (CYGWIN_NT-5.2 1.7.0(0.210/5/3) and then run ps -ef, I get a lot of >> >> /usr/bin/sh >> >> processes. >> >> If I run ps -ef on my linux (2.6.25.17), I get >> >> sh -c sleep 180 >> sh -c sleep 180 >> sh -c sleep 180 >> >> Is there any way to get the commandline arguments in the ps output on >> cygwin? I see theres /proc/XXX/cmdline that contains the correct >> information, but I'd love to be able to see it in ps as well. > > Use "procps" rather than "ps". > > cgf > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/