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SubjectRe: linux-kernel-digest V1 #2839
On 17-Nov-98 Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> It's always writeable. But ps doesn't necessarily look at the process's
> memory space to get the arguments, as that is usually complex (is it
> swapped?) and always slow. System V-derived Unixes store some part (usually
> the first 80 characters) of the original command line in the ublock to make
> ps faster, at the price of some magic required (if it's possible at all) to
> change that saved command line.

thanks for the info
i learnt my unix from lyons' book and haven't really updated it since :-)
--
simon

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