[1614] in Athena Bugs
pstat -f returns bogus error return
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (epeisach@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Jan 8 18:54:45 1989
From: <epeisach@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 89 18:54:16 EST
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
John Kohl reported the problem with pstat returning bogus error numbers.
It turns out, it returns bogus numbers except when there is an error.
(When it returns 1).
The following are the quick fixes for pstat on the Vax and the RT. (Add
an exit(0);)
VAX:
E40-342-18% diff -c /paris/source/vax/etc/pstat/pstat.c /tmp/pstat.c
*** /paris/source/vax/etc/pstat/pstat.c Tue Oct 18 15:00:33 1988
--- /tmp/pstat.c Sun Jan 8 18:38:22 1989
***************
*** 234,239 ****
--- 234,240 ----
dousr();
if (swpf||totflg)
doswap();
+ exit(0);
}
usage()
E40-342-18%
script done on Sun Jan 8 18:47:26 1989
RT:
E40-342-18% diff -c /minos/source/rt/etc/pstat.c /tmp/pstat.c
*** /minos/source/rt/etc/pstat.c Tue Oct 18 14:57:00 1988
--- /tmp/pstat.c Sun Jan 8 18:52:22 1989
***************
*** 293,298 ****
--- 293,299 ----
dousr();
if (swpf||totflg)
doswap();
+ exit(0);
}
usage()
script done on Sun Jan 8 18:53:13 1989
