X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-Id: <4B59AC6E.6080101@saic.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:47:26 -0500 From: "Roger K. Wells" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Why require ps -W and kill -f References: <050f01ca9b07$df859370$9e90ba50$@com> In-Reply-To: <050f01ca9b07$df859370$9e90ba50$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Don Beusee wrote: > ps -e on Unix displays “every process running on the system”. This command > doesn't do that under cygwin. Why should it be necessary to supply -W to > see all processes running on the system? This makes it incompatible with > Linux/Unix, and such scripts that rely on -e doing this will not work the > same on Cygwin. What is the point to not showing all other processes on the > system like Linux/Unix does? This is a silly design and causes headaches > and frustration for people trying to write scripts that work on cygwin and > Linux/Unix. Can this be changed please? > > FWIW I just alias: ps='ps -W' works fine roger wells > -Don > > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > > -- Roger Wells, P.E. SAIC 221 Third St Newport, RI 02840 401-847-4210 (voice) 401-849-1585 (fax) roger DOT k DOT wells AT saic DOT com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple