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Re: ps executable does not appear to match source


On Jan 18 08:16, paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Jan 17, 2008 9:38 PM,  <> wrote:
> > > The ps that comes with Cygwin is missing a number of features that
> > > appear to be in the procps-3.2.7/ps/ source code.  The source code
> > > does not look like it was used to build the executable.  Is this
> > > correct?
> >
> > Cygwin has both ps and procps available.  The ps in Cygwin has the
> > advantage of showing Windows processes, too.  The procps is just what
> > you'd expect.
> >
> > -Jason
> 
> The ps from procps appears to be what is in use on Linux.  Why is the
> ps for Cygwin not built from this?

ps from Cygwin is the historically older version, it's using another
mechanism to get to all the date and, last but not least, it's a core
Cygwin tool under the Cygwin license.  Feel free to use procps as ps
by aliasing, but Cygwin's ps will not go away and it can't use procps
sources for licensing reasons.


Corinna

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