wolverine:~> ps --version
ps: unknown long name option -- -version
usage: ps -acehjlnrsSuvwx{t<tty>|#|O[-]u[-]U..} \
--sort:[-]key1,[-]key2,...
--help gives you this message
wolverine:~> ldd `which ps`
libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5.3.11
wolverine:~>
Must be something w/ the shared lib.
- Jared
ulmo@q.net spewed:
>
> See Documentation/Changes.
>
> (Doing that will probably fix your incompatability, but not mine.)
>
> On a related but not the same note, I get, with procps-0.99a & 1.3.90:
>
> Q:~$ ps axf
> PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
> Segmentation fault
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Q:~$ uname -a
> Linux Q.Net 1.3.90 #37 Tue Apr 16 17:55:01 EDT 1996 i586
> Q:~$ ps --version
> procps version 0.99
> [Huh? It's 0.99a!!]
> Q:~$ ldd `which ps`
> libproc.so.0.99 => /lib/libproc.so.0.99
> [aha -- probably they don't want alpha vers#s in library names -- shoulda been 0.99.1]
> libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5.3.9
> Q:~$
>
> I really have come to love the -f option (it's useful for tracking
> down things in a visually quick way, without having to read "PPID").
>