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>> mode. >> The ps usage tells me, and I quote: "f ASCII art forest" >> It's a forest because it has trees. Get it? > > Actually, yes, just as per the definition of "tree" and "forest" in > graph theory; cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_%28graph_theory%29 I have more problems here with the "ASCII art" term. >> Great UNIX, just great. > > Well, strictly speaking, the output of "ps f" is, indeed, not > necessarily a tree - unless you're really listing either a single tree > or the whole thing right down from "init". But, yeah, I can see how the > use of "forest" here might seem either a bit too obscure or a bit too > poetic for some tastes :) Strictly speaking, "ps f" -> foliage is not a UNIX thing, it's a demon spawn of Unix, err, a Linux thing. In traditional and/or standard UNIXes "f" is for "full" listing. > G'luck, > Peter >There's stuff above here
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