Re: PID sequences

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
26 Feb 1998 08:14:59 GMT

Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980225232755.28390A-100000@synapse.kent.edu>
By author: Don Parsons <dparsons@synapse.kent.edu>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> If we use random PIDs in Linux, could we please make it a config option.
> I like my sorted ps alias:
> alias sps="ps -auxwOp"
> so I can easily see the order that things start up and child processes
> etc.
>

Use OT not Op. That way it works correctly even when pid's wrap
around.

-hpa

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