Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR/AA) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Is it possible to hide process args from 'ps -ef'?? (Recap) Message-ID: <1991Apr21.174709.27641@NCoast.ORG> Date: 21 Apr 91 17:47:09 GMT References: <1429@compel.UUCP> <7294@auspex.auspex.com> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR/AA) Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast) Lines: 21 As quoted from <7294@auspex.auspex.com> by guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris): +--------------- | >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.... +--------------- ...nor would it do any good, since running "ps" won't automagically increase the size of the string stashed in the ublock. ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery Ham: KB8JRR/AA on 2m, 220, 440, 1200 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG (QRT on HF until local problems fixed) America OnLine: KB8JRR // Delphi: ALLBERY AMPR: kb8jrr.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery KB8JRR @ WA8BXN.OH