Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!auspex!guy From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Is it possible to hide process args from 'ps -ef'?? (Recap) Message-ID: <7326@auspex.auspex.com> Date: 22 Apr 91 18:20:45 GMT References: <7294@auspex.auspex.com> <1991Apr21.174709.27641@NCoast.ORG> Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara Lines: 12 >...nor would it do any good, since running "ps" won't automagically increase >the size of the string stashed in the ublock. Well, no, it won't increase the size of the string stored there, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't necessarily do any good; the reason for "w" and "ww" in the BSD "ps" is that the BSD "ps" normally truncates the entire line at 80 columns, by chopping the command off, and "w" and "ww" increase the amount of command line printed. A quick look at the S5R3.0 "ps" indicates that if the "-l" flag is given, the string in the u area is chopped off at 35 characters rather than PSARGSZ characters, so a "w" flag might be useful there as well.