You too noticed ps -e truncates process names. At first, I suspected pgrep was a script over "ps -e" but pgrep is a C executable.
ps and pgrep are both linked to libproc.so: objdump -x /bin/ps | grep libproc objdump -x /usr/bin/pgrep | grep libproc NEEDED libproc-3.2.7.so Probably/maybe a common function in libproc has a bug/limitation. -- Mike --- Tom Mortimer-Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can replicate this. > > It seems to be only seeing the first 15 characters > of the script name. > > pgrep myscriptwithalo > [shows PID] > > pgrep myscriptwithalon > [shows nothing] > > Is it using the output from ps -e? This seems to > truncate the commands > after 15 characters. > > -- > pgrep cannot match some long filenames > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113096 > You received this bug notification because you are a > direct subscriber > of the bug. > ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- pgrep cannot match some long filenames https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113096 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
