display proces id (Re: to GNU ps or not to GNU ps)
* Shawn McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-04-03 13:56]: We ran into this problem when one of our developers wrote an application on Linux that did a ps and looked for a string, when the process in question was in an extremely long path and was run with the full path name. When he ported it to Solaris, it wouldn't work, even with /usr/ucb/ps, because of the cutoff. I suggested we install GNU ps, but nobody in management wanted to hear that. well, as soon as the installation of some little program makes the companie's own programs stop working then it is time to install something better, isn't it? time to exchange[tm] the management! ObMutt: can mutt display its own process id? the display of the porcess id would be helpful when there's a problem with mutt. the admin could add this number to the status_format in /etc/Muttrc so that users will see it and will catch it with a screen hardcopy. bug reports might then be handled much quicker.. Sven [should i have started a new thread?]
Re: display proces id (Re: to GNU ps or not to GNU ps)
* Sven Guckes [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-04-03 16:33:45 +0200]: can mutt display its own process id? set status_format=Hello, I am mutt and my PID is `echo $PPID` and variations on that theme? -- Dave Pearson: | mutt.octet.filter - autoview octet-streams http://www.davep.org/ | mutt.vcard.filter - autoview simple vcards Mutt: | muttrc2html - muttrc - HTML utility http://www.davep.org/mutt/ | muttrc.sl - Jed muttrc mode
Re: display proces id (Re: to GNU ps or not to GNU ps)
* Sven Guckes [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-04-03 09:40]: ObMutt: can mutt display its own process id? the display of the porcess id would be helpful when there's a problem with mutt. the admin could add this number to the status_format in /etc/Muttrc so that users will see it and will catch it with a screen hardcopy. bug reports might then be handled much quicker.. This made me interested. This works for me, against mutt-1.3.27. Ite defines %$ as the status char for the pid. My rudimentary tests show that it Does The Right Thing. (I diff'ed with -caw; is there a preferred option set for mutt patches?) (darren) *** status.c.orig Wed Apr 3 11:11:19 2002 --- status.cWed Apr 3 11:17:51 2002 *** *** 52,58 * %S = current aux sorting method ($sort_aux) * %t = # of tagged messages [option] * %v = Mutt version ! * %V = currently active limit pattern [option] */ static const char * status_format_str (char *buf, size_t buflen, char op, const char *src, const char *prefix, const char *ifstring, --- 52,59 * %S = current aux sorting method ($sort_aux) * %t = # of tagged messages [option] * %v = Mutt version ! * %V = currently active limit pattern [option] ! * %$ = current pid */ static const char * status_format_str (char *buf, size_t buflen, char op, const char *src, const char *prefix, const char *ifstring, *** *** 272,277 --- 273,283 optional = 0; break; + case '$': + snprintf (fmt, sizeof(fmt), %%%sd, prefix); + snprintf (buf, buflen, fmt, getpid()); + break; + case 0: *buf = 0; return (src); -- Responsible behavior is the result of a socialization process.
Re: display proces id (Re: to GNU ps or not to GNU ps)
On Apr 03, darren chamberlain [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: (I diff'ed with -caw; is there a preferred option set for mutt patches?) -dup msg26625/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: display proces id (Re: to GNU ps or not to GNU ps)
* Jeremy Blosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-04-03 16:19]: On Apr 03, darren chamberlain [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: (I diff'ed with -caw; is there a preferred option set for mutt patches?) -dup Noted. (darren) -- The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. -- Henry Miller
