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Date:      Mon, 24 Apr 95 11:33:14 MDT
From:      terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
To:        peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Cc:        rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, pritc003@maroon.tc.umn.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: More devfs stuff
Message-ID:  <9504241733.AA14857@cs.weber.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199504230834.DAA09371@bonkers.taronga.com> from "Peter da Silva" at Apr 23, 95 03:34:17 am

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> > On the other hand, there are many reporting tools (ps, etc.) that
> > have a limit on the number of tty type devices based on a interface
> > identifier character and one or two instance identifiers (for ps this
> > is one).
> 
> What tools other than PS have this field-overflow type of problem? It's
> the only one that ever gets brought up. If it's really the only thing
> standing in the way of sensible device naming then it's time to change
> the output format.

It's time to change it for ps, who, rwho, rwhod, w, last, finger, and
the accounting reporting programs.

Sorry, but I don't believe this list to be exhaustive.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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