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diff --git a/bin/ps/ps.1 b/bin/ps/ps.1 index a66ed5d..2c04c21 100644 --- a/bin/ps/ps.1 +++ b/bin/ps/ps.1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" @(#)ps.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 1, 2011 +.Dd October 1, 2011 .Dt PS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ utility displays a header line, followed by lines containing information about all of your processes that have controlling terminals. +If the +.Fl x +options is specified, +.Nm +will also display processes that do not have controlling terminals. .Pp A different set of processes can be selected for display by using any combination of the @@ -90,8 +95,8 @@ and .Fl o options). The default output format includes, for each process, the process' ID, -controlling terminal, CPU time (including both user and system time), -state, and associated command. +controlling terminal, state, CPU time (including both user and system time) +and associated command. .Pp The process file system (see .Xr procfs 5 ) @@ -103,13 +108,9 @@ The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl a Display information about other users' processes as well as your own. -This will skip any processes which do not have a controlling terminal, -unless the -.Fl x -option is also specified. -This can be disabled by setting the +If the .Va security.bsd.see_other_uids -sysctl to zero. +sysctl is set to zero, this option is honored only if the UID of the user is 0. .It Fl c Change the .Dq command @@ -216,6 +217,9 @@ with the standard input. .It Fl t Display information about processes attached to the specified terminal devices. +Full pathnames, as well as abbreviations (see explanation of the +.Cm tt +keyword) can be specified. .It Fl U Display the processes belonging to the specified usernames. .It Fl u @@ -427,12 +431,15 @@ The process is being traced or debugged. An abbreviation for the pathname of the controlling terminal, if any. The abbreviation consists of the three letters following .Pa /dev/tty , -or, for the console, -.Dq Li con . +or, for pseudo-terminals, the corresponding entry in +.Pa /dev/pts . This is followed by a .Ql - if the process can no longer reach that controlling terminal (i.e., it has been revoked). +The full pathname of the controlling terminal is available via the +.Cm tty +keyword. .It Cm wchan The event (an address in the system) on which a process waits. When printed numerically, the initial part of the address is |
