Re: [PATCH 1/2] proc.5: note that "cmdline" might be favored over "stat.comm" by ps(1)

[Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

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Hi Ævar,

On 12/23/22 18:59, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> With "ps -A" the output uses the "stat.comm" field, but "ps a" will
> display the value in "cmdline".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
> ---
>   man5/proc.5 | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
> index 65a4c38e3..115c8592e 100644
> --- a/man5/proc.5
> +++ b/man5/proc.5
> @@ -2087,7 +2087,11 @@ The affected fields are indicated with the marking [PT].
>   The process ID.
>   .TP
>   (2) \fIcomm\fP \ %s
> -The filename of the executable, in parentheses.
> +The filename of the executable, in parentheses. Tools such as

Please use semantic newlines.  See man-pages(7):

    Use semantic newlines
        In  the source of a manual page, new sentences should be started on new
        lines, long sentences should be split into lines at clause breaks (com‐
        mas, semicolons, colons, and so on), and long clauses should  be  split
        at  phrase  boundaries.   This convention, sometimes known as "semantic
        newlines", makes it easier to see the effect of  patches,  which  often
        operate at the level of individual sentences, clauses, or phrases.


Cheers,

Alex

> +.BR ps (1)
> +may alternatively (or additionally) use
> +.IR /proc/ pid /cmdline.
> +.IP
>   Strings longer than
>   .B TASK_COMM_LEN
>   (16) characters (including the terminating null byte) are silently truncated.

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