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#1 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 05:46 PM

I had someone ask how to increase the length of -o args beyond 80
characters.

I thought http://aplawrence.com/Bofcusm/420.html was trhe answer, but
he says no, that doesn't help.

#2 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 05:46 PM

In article <1139267710.172003.175680@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
Tony Lawrence <pcunix@gmail.com> wrote:
>I had someone ask how to increase the length of -o args beyond 80
>characters.
>
>I thought http://aplawrence.com/Bofcusm/420.html was trhe answer, but
>he says no, that doesn't help.

There are various limits on the use of -o (number of fields specified, etc.),
but not on the overall length. What's an example of a ps command that fails?

John
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John DuBois spcecdt@armory.com KC6QKZ/AE http://www.armory.com/~spcecdt/

#3 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 05:46 PM

Hi -
here's an example
sco 5.06
on a given session type

grep aaaa bbbb cccc dddd eeeee fffff gggg hhhh iiii jjjj kkkk llll mmmm
nnnn ooo pppp qqqq rrrr sssss tttt uuuu vvvv www xxxx yyyyy zzzzz

go to another session an type either of the following

ps -ef | grep grep
or
ps -e -o pid -o args

the grep command will show "truncated" at about mmmm

changing the PSRGSZ assignment in /usr/include/sys/user.h has no
effect. (relinked & rebootted) - I guess I'd need the source or
makefile for the 'ps' command.

I was curious if there is an alternative (some file where these args
are kept, or some other - maybe gnu - utility that does tha same thing)
for Sco 5.x (5.0.6 in my case)

#4 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 05:47 PM

This is now being discussed in comp.unix.sco.programmer.

John
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John DuBois spcecdt@armory.com KC6QKZ/AE http://www.armory.com/~spcecdt/

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