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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Is it possible to hide process args from 'ps -ef'?? (Recap)
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Date: 21 Apr 91 00:34:50 GMT
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>No, the "ww" argument to ps will cause ps to not stop once it has reached
>the max number of columns.

It will do so even in the ISC UNIX that the original poster said he was
using?  News to me; the ISC UNIX in question is S5R3-flavored, and the
"ps" there may not even *have* a "ww" argument....