On 19-11-10 12:23, no-re...@cfengine.com wrote:
> Forum: Cfengine Help
> Subject: Re: Parent process selection
> Author: mark
> Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,19311,19329#msg-19329
>
> This issue has not cropped up for a long time. The ps command has been 
> relatively stable for a long time, but it is very non-portable. Reading /proc 
> is useless unfortunately as it is only really an option for Linux (although 
> svr5/solaris supports some things), the same with reading from the kernel 
> itself - that is why ps is used to get the results. I'm not keen on libproc, 
> as it just introduces a dependence on something unknown for little value, and 
> as Eystein mentions, portability is a non-trivial issue.
>
> If you haven't registered the issue in the bug tracker, please do so, and by 
> all means suggest different ps options.
>

I will report it. I have already reported some bugs that i have encounter 
with the ps command.
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*  Bas van der Vlies                    e-mail: b...@sara.nl       *
*  SARA - Academic Computing Services   Amsterdam, The Netherlands *
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