Alan Coopersmith wrote on 11/27/08 00:17: > John Cui wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I am porting pstree, which is a CLI tool to show the ps listing as a >> tree. Please have a look, any comment is valuable. >> > Not really code review, but something you'll be asked at ARC - what's > the difference between this and the existing Solaris ptree? They seem > to be very very similar, except that ptree knows about Solaris features > such as zones, contracts, etc. If there is a reason for a separate > pstree, will you be adding similar support to it? Would it make more > sense to add any missing pstree features to the existing ptree and then > make a pstree->ptree symlink? > Yes, they are very similar. The difference is, besides you mentioned ptree unique features, pstree provides more options/features. One reason to port pstree is its popular, both blastwave and sunfreeware provide binary, and got 14 in http://muskoka.sfbay/~sch/pkg/search.html
Certainly if Sun thinks it is worth adding the missing features to ptree and put it on the schedule, a pstree->ptree link is enough. Thanks, -- John Cui x82195
