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Re: ps -a isn't showing all processes (4.0)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mick Ghazey)
Mon Nov 4 16:07:37 1996
From: "Mick Ghazey" <mghazey@lowdown.com>
To: BORG <"vladimip "@iceonline.com>, redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 15:56:19 +0000
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On 4 Nov 96 at 10:59, BORG wrote:
> Mick Ghazey wrote:
> >
> > Before upgrading to 4.0 ps -a used to list all processes. Now it
> > just seems to list the processes started after the initscripts -
> > even when running as root. Top shows all processes as it should.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this strange behaviour?
>
> Yes, I did. Looks like one needs to use 'ps -aux'...
> But when on midterm exams I used 'ps -aux', it
> was flagged as an error and I got 4 points instead
> of 5. They use SunOS and Solaris at the college.
> I guess someone re-coded "ps" for Linux that way. :(
> Now, when making assignments, I have to telnet to campus
> workstation and do everything there rather than use my
> home Linux box because I start seeing more and more
> discrepancies. E.g. campus boxes' "ps -au" output
> equals "ps -aux" on my computer, ping has different
> switches and so on.
>
Thanks for the info. Sorry about the homework. :)
You could write a function or a script to make both systems behave
the same.
Mick
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