[5397] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.0F: /bin/ps
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John T Kohl)
Tue Jul 3 09:06:40 1990
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 90 09:06:28 -0400
From: John T Kohl <jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
System name: lycus
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.0F
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
read the output of ps -alx
What's wrong:
It doesn't deal properly with UID's greater than 999, or flags
with one of the high 4 bits turned on.
F UID PID PPID CP PRI NI ADDR SZ RSS WCHAN STAT TT TIME COMMAND
10082005509 25790 25787 3 15 0 0 271 101 u IW p0 0:04 (csh)
^^^^ this field (UID) can be up to 5 digits, yet only 3 spaces
are allocated in the standard format.
^^^^^^^ this field occasionally has more bits on, and can be another
digit longer
What should have happened:
There should be sufficient room in the output for a reasonable
range of flags and UID's
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
ps(1)
