Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!Teknowledge.COM!unix!garth!fouts@bozeman.bozeman.ingr.UUCP (Martin Fouts) From: fouts@bozeman.bozeman.ingr.UUCP (Martin Fouts) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Revision of PC 1.5.10 ps.c Message-ID: <745@garth.UUCP> Date: 14 Sep 90 19:59:34 GMT References: <4217@crash.cts.com> Sender: fouts@garth.UUCP Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA Lines: 27 In-reply-to: jpc@fctunl.rccn.pt's message of 3 Sep 90 09:12:57 GMT >>>>> On 3 Sep 90 09:12:57 GMT, jpc@fctunl.rccn.pt (Jose Pina Coelho) said: >In article <4217@crash.cts.com> cwr@pnet01.cts.com (Will Rose) writes: > [...] The present version > works, but is a bear to change when recompiling the system; partly because > it uses a non-ASCII database, and partly because it either expects permanent > symbol tables in kernel, mm and fs, or the images on a specific path. > [...] Jose> Wouldn't it be possible to have a system call to give that info to ps ? There are a number of current commercial implementations of Unix which actually do this. The simplest form copies the proc structure array into the user's addresss space. It is a good idea. Marty -- Martin Fouts UUCP: ...!pyramid!garth!fouts (or) uunet!ingr!apd!fouts ARPA: apd!fouts@ingr.com PHONE: (415) 852-2310 FAX: (415) 856-9224 MAIL: 2400 Geng Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94303 Moving to Montana; Goin' to be a Dental Floss Tycoon. - Frank Zappa