On Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 06:14:17PM +0200, Florian Obser wrote:
> >> NetBSD's and FreeBSD's ps(1) use '-d' to display process hierarchy.
> >
> > using -f would follow the path of least resistance.  Is there really a 
> > common
> > user commnity between freebsd netbsd and openbsd?  I doubt it.
> >
> 
> Curious, my Jesus Laptop (macOS 12.5) has
>      -A      Display information about other users' processes, including
>              those without controlling terminals.
> [...]
>      -d      Like -A, but excludes session leaders.
> 
> It does not have this feature at all. Is this a new thing in FreeBSD?

FreeBSD May 2009: 
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/044fce530f89a819827d351de364d208a30e9645
NetBSD December 2016: 
https://github.com/NetBSD/src/commit/b82f6d00d93d880d3976c4f1e88c33d88a8054ad

GPL ps probably introduced '-f' more than 20 years ago.

Kind regards,

Job

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