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| author | Ted Unangst <tedu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2016-09-08 15:54:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Ted Unangst <tedu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2016-09-08 15:54:37 +0000 |
| commit | cbafb812d15e66a62e0bf0d3160277bf0ce18719 (patch) | |
| tree | 52209574ae1c2fe5c0db65efc53829964b0f3956 | |
| parent | 9dba8dfa0f5d416f9fc4cc25295aced5bd0da4c1 (diff) | |
The bug about not displaying exact information because ps can't run
faster than the system is more of a caveat than a bug. The comment also
dates back to ye olden times when the information was collected via
multiple kvm reads. The sysctl interface provides a much more consistent
snapshot, albeit one that may be outdated by the time it's printed.
Reword accordingly.
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/ps/ps.1 | 9 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ps/ps.1 b/bin/ps/ps.1 index 2de98b33c66..538e9a1624f 100644 --- a/bin/ps/ps.1 +++ b/bin/ps/ps.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ps.1,v 1.107 2016/09/08 15:11:30 tedu Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ps.1,v 1.108 2016/09/08 15:54:36 tedu Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: ps.1,v 1.16 1996/03/21 01:36:28 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 @@ -659,8 +659,5 @@ on too much. The .Cm ucomm (accounting) keyword can, however, be depended on. -.Sh BUGS -Since -.Nm -cannot run faster than the system and is run as any other scheduled -process, the information it displays can never be exact. +.Pp +The information displayed is only a snapshot of a constantly changing system. |