ps bug ?
Doug Gwyn
gwyn at brl-smoke.ARPA
Mon Feb 10 13:41:52 AEST 1986
>> ps -F
>>
>> Get error message and core file:
>>
>> Bad system call - core dumped
>>
>> This is a valid form of the "ps" command according to the
>> On-line manual page and the usage message printed by the "ps" command.
>> This flag is not in my latest UNIX manual: System V, Release 2.
>
>>>>>>>> It IS in the October 1985 manual published by
>>>>>>>> Bell Labs Division 452. Your manual is either out of date,
>>>>>>>> or is the "standard" ATT manual, not the DIV 452 manual -- ecc
>
>...
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>> The on-line manual page explains the F flag as follows:
>>
>> -F Print the fair share group process assocation.
>
>...
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>>>>>>> The Fair Share Scheduler is a Division 452 addition that is explained
>>>>>>> in last October's BSTJ.
>>>>>>> When installed on a system, a new system call is added.
>>>>>>> Your machines probably were not compiled with FSS turned on;
>>>>>>> that is an administrative <--> customer decision. Many computer
>>>>>>> centers use FSS, HO may not. Contact your SA if you want to know.
Now that you guys have the whole world wondering, could you
please tell us:
(1) What is Division 452 and how does it relate to the
commercial UNIX System V product and/or the SVID?
(2) How can we get hold of DIV 452 manuals?
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