Re: ps(1): add -d (descendancy) option to display parent/child process relationships

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2022/09/01 15:14, Martin Schröder wrote:
> Am Do., 1. Sept. 2022 um 05:38 Uhr schrieb Job Snijders <j...@openbsd.org>:
> > Some ps(1) implementations have an '-d' ('descendancy') option. Through
> > ASCII art parent/child process relationships are grouped and displayed.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> 
> gnu ps has
> 
> -d     Select all processes except session leaders.
> 
> and
> 
>        f      ASCII art process hierarchy (forest).
> 
>        --forest
>               ASCII art process tree.
> 
> Best
>     Martin
> 

given the big differences for flags in ps between sysv-ish and bsd-ish OS,
it totally makes sense to follow the flag used by other BSDs here.