Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.4 items

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Doesn't work under Solaris, but, then again, neither does sendamil's, so
> > > that isn't a shock :)
> > 
> > Man, if sendmail's doesn't work, that is really broken.
> 
> If you want strange, here is the output from the UnixWare 7 ps command with 
> some different options:
> 
> $ ps -ef | fgrep post
>    pgsql 10775     1   TS  80  0 01:34:12 ?  0:00 postmaster -S -i -o -F 
>    pgsql 10869 10775   TS  80  0 01:45:30 ?  0:00 postmaster -S -i -o -F 
> 
> $ ps -e | fgrep post
>  10775   TS  80 ?        0:00 postgres
>  10869   TS  80 ?        0:00 postgres
> 
> Notice that the PIDs are the same even if the program name is different 
> depending on the use of the 'f' option.

Wow, that really is strange.  Seems like with the -f, it looks in one
place, as though it knows the child did not exec, so they params must be
the same, while with no -f, it looks in the proper area.  The really
weird thing is that even the postmaster is called postgres.  That is
bizarre.


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