Joerg Schilling wrote:
> "Peter Tribble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   
>>>  The simple plan is this:
>>>
>>>         - if called with an argument which does not start with "-",
>>>           be /usr/ucb/ps
>>>         - if called with an argument starting with "-" behave like ucb ps
>>>           or bin/ps depending on how the program was invoked
>>>       
>> The first is right; the second I'm not so sure. How I've had this for the
>> last decade (and is similar to the way that some other ps implementations
>> seemed to behave) is that if there's an argument starting with "-", be
>> /usr/bin/ps.
>>     
>
> I would say: if the first arg start with "-", be /usr/bin/ps, else be 
> /usr/ucb/ps
>
>   
If invoked as /usr/bin/ps, or found through PATH=/usr/bin:....
Then yes. definitely.

But since /usr/ucb/ps currently takes 'aux' or '-aux' (for example) then 
if invoked as /usr/ucb/ps, or found through PATH=/usr/ucb:..., then I 
think it's correct to continue the /usr/ucb behavior.

   -Kyle

>
>
> Jörg
>
>   

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