I agree with James. The POSIX ps standard does not include any defined process states unlike Solaris/Linux. In that case process state format is O.S specific and it's not standardized.
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Joerg Schilling < [email protected]> wrote: > James Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > barun parichha writes: > > > I don't know, why both of them deviate from the basic open source > > > format, which creates extra confusion. > > > > If you're reporting a problem, I suggest filing a bug instead. > > > > As for the variations on process state in 'ps' between OSes, I don't > > see a problem. There's a lot of alignment between them (in > > particular, at least [STZ] are identical, and [R] is quite similar), > > and in the places where they're not exactly the same, they're > > reflecting differences in the underlying system implementation. > > > > Solaris isn't Linux, so process status on Solaris shouldn't > > necessarily be the same as on Linux, should it? > > There was a non-clean statement in barun's mail. "Linux/UNIX" does > not make sense as Solaris _is_ UNIX, but Linux is not. > > The ps command is in the POSIX standard but the standard does not > include a defined output format for the WCHAN. > > see: > > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ps.html > Jörg > > -- > > EMail:[email protected]<email%[email protected]>(home) > Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin > [email protected] (uni) > [email protected] (work) Blog: > http://schily.blogspot.com/ > URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily > -- Barun Kumar Parichha, Sun Microsystems India Pvt Ltd Bangalore 560025, INDIA Mobile: +91 9379445011 Tel: +91 80 66937470 Extn: 87470 Fax: +91 80 4184 7079/2223 1794
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