Implement a new option to ps.. `-U username'. This allows you to

list the processes belonging to a particular user without having to use
`-u' and grepping for the username.  Basically you can now get a short
`ps -x' like list (with more space for the command) for other users.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bin/ps/ps.c b/bin/ps/ps.c
index fae17b2..0899212 100644
--- a/bin/ps/ps.c
+++ b/bin/ps/ps.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- *	$Id: ps.c,v 1.8 1995/10/23 21:06:31 ache Exp $
+ *	$Id: ps.c,v 1.9 1995/10/26 10:57:52 ache Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ps.c	8.4 (Berkeley) 4/2/94";
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
 
 #include "ps.h"
 
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	struct kinfo_proc *kp;
 	struct varent *vent;
 	struct winsize ws;
+	struct passwd *pwd;
 	dev_t ttydev;
 	pid_t pid;
 	uid_t uid;
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	ttydev = NODEV;
 	memf = nlistf = swapf = NULL;
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv,
-	    "aCeghjLlM:mN:O:o:p:rSTt:uvW:wx")) != EOF)
+	    "aCeghjLlM:mN:O:o:p:rSTt:U:uvW:wx")) != EOF)
 		switch((char)ch) {
 		case 'a':
 			all = 1;
@@ -217,6 +219,14 @@ main(argc, argv)
 			ttydev = sb.st_rdev;
 			break;
 		}
+		case 'U':
+			pwd = getpwnam(optarg);
+			if (pwd == NULL)
+				errx(1, "%s: no such user", optarg);
+			uid = pwd->pw_uid;
+			endpwent();
+			xflg++;		/* XXX: intuitive? */
+			break;
 		case 'u':
 			parsefmt(ufmt);
 			sortby = SORTCPU;
@@ -274,7 +284,8 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	if (!fmt)
 		parsefmt(dfmt);
 
-	if (!all && ttydev == NODEV && pid == -1)  /* XXX - should be cleaner */
+	/* XXX - should be cleaner */
+	if (!all && ttydev == NODEV && pid == -1 && uid == (uid_t)-1)
 		uid = getuid();
 
 	/*