On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 03:57:48PM -0600, Todd C. Miller wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:30:14 -0500, Scott Cheloha wrote:
>
> > Because the system clock can jump around, process start times
> > should be recorded as offsets from boot and only converted to
> > a time of day on request.
> >
> >
On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:30:14 -0500, Scott Cheloha wrote:
> Because the system clock can jump around, process start times
> should be recorded as offsets from boot and only converted to
> a time of day on request.
>
> This keeps ps(1)'s etime accurate and ensures processes are
> correctly sorted
Hi,
Because the system clock can jump around, process start times
should be recorded as offsets from boot and only converted to
a time of day on request.
This keeps ps(1)'s etime accurate and ensures processes are
correctly sorted by age in ps(1) and pgrep(1).
I don't think we're losing much by
