Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:41:54 -0800 (PST) | From | Jimmie Farmer <> | Subject | Re: procps-1.2.2 |
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On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Brian wrote:
> I upgraded to procps-1.2.2 as per the Changes file for the latest kernels, > and noticed this: > > luna:~$ ps -aux > warning: `-' deprecated; use `ps aux', not `ps -aux' > > Why did they do away with the "-"? Isn't it "standard" to use a - for > arguments to a program? So now we are suppose to do like "ps aux"?
This was driving me batty as well, so I just commented that stupid thing out in ps.c. =-) It is at about line 157, and I just did this:
/* fprintf(stderr, "warning: `-' deprecated; use `ps %s', not `ps %s'\n", (p+1), p); */
I also added:
case 'g': break;
so when I type "ps -axgr" out of habbit, it won't complain. =-)
Of course, this won't help when the program won't accept ps -foo at all, so I would beg the authors to not do this at all, please. Just let it accept both ps -foo and ps foo equally.
Sincerely, Jimmie Farmer
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