Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:05:54 +0100 From: Maxime Henrion <mux@freebsd.org> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding `pgrep' and `pkill' to /usr/bin Message-ID: <20040324210554.GQ35475@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <p0602046abc879c5fe2f9@[128.113.24.47]> References: <p0602046abc879c5fe2f9@[128.113.24.47]>
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Garance A Drosihn wrote: > I noticed the upcoming version of OpenBSD will add the commands > `pkill' and `pgrep', which they picked up from NetBSD. These > commands also exist in Solaris and Linux. Anyone mind if I add > them to FreeBSD? I'd just pick up the versions from NetBSD, and > make whatever changes are needed for them to work on FreeBSD. By all means go for it, please! :-) > (I actually had an idea of adding another option or two to `ps' > which would have given it abilities similar to `pgrep', but once > I noticed these I figured it would make more sense to add them) Yeah, especially if you consider the huge number of command line options `ps' already has. By the way, your work on `ps' to make it more in line with SUSv3 is greatly appreciated. Cheers, Maxime
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