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On 21/07/2008, Theo de Raadt <deraadt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't particularily like this. I think you should use the option "ww".
>
> -w Use 132 columns to display information, instead of the default,
> which is the window size. If the -w option is specified more
> than once, ps will use as many columns as necessary without re-
> gard for window size.
>
> As in, this is already a solved problem.
You do raise a valid point. My main reason for the patch is that I
have a couple of scripts that I don't control, that assume the ww on
STDOUT!=tty, and break if it isn't present - I am assuming because the
GNU tools (and maybe others) do this.
This patch stops scripts behaviour from being dependant on the
terminal size - it adds a certain level of certainty on the output, in
a similar way to how ls changes behaviour of its output if it is
piping.
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