topic Re: ps -ef error in Operating System - Linux

ps -ef error

Edwin Ruiz_2 — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:59:56 GMT

Hi!
I get this messages when i use ps -ef command
[root@salato-apl10 root]# ps -ef|grep pmon

Signal 17 caught by ps (procps version 2.0.6).
Please send bug reports to

what is the problem?

Re: ps -ef error

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:19:01 GMT

ps -ef has been desupported by Linux

now its supposed to be ps ef | grep ...

Though to be honest that does not work the way I epxpect it to based on my HP-UX experience.

SEP

Re: ps -ef error

Olivier Drouin — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:21:46 GMT

who the hell got the nice idea to deprecate "ps -ef" !?

Re: ps -ef error

Edwin Ruiz_2 — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:35:33 GMT

This command has been useful allways, this noom present the problem first time. ps ef give same error

Re: ps -ef error

Martin P.J. Zinser — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:29:22 GMT

Hello Edwin,

works for me. My system is a

uname -a
Linux bibo 2.4.20 #3 Tue Sep 16 07:51:49 CDT 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

But my ps seems to be much newer

ps -V
procps version 3.1.6

What is your setup?

Greetings, Martin

Re: ps -ef error

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:00:04 GMT

The people with the bright idea to deprecate ps -ef were the Linux people, whoever they are. It does work in certain distributions.

They also did a bunch of enchancements to cron that don't work when you bring them to a real Unix box. I have a few HP-UX points for explaining that to Linuxheads that transitioned to HP-UX.

I'm the other way around, learned HP-UX first.

I think Edwin's actual problem may be kernel or process control related.

Is this one time only or consitent?

SEP

Re: ps -ef error

Olivier Drouin — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:01:55 GMT

I tried on one of my box. I have
procps version 2.0.7

"ps -ef" and "ps ef".
The output is different too...

Maybe you should just
"send bug reports to
"

Re: ps -ef error

Alexander Chuzhoy — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:08:33 GMT

I got rhel 3 + redhat 8.0
ps -ef
does full listing of all processes-works fine on both systems.

Re: ps -ef error

Olivier Drouin — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:30:53 GMT

Edwin, did you try to upgrade system libraries or something major on this system ??

Re: ps -ef error

Edwin Ruiz_2 — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:42:00 GMT

I found that i need to update procps.. do i need to reboot my server for this upgrade...how dangerous is it?

Best REgards

Re: ps -ef error

Yogeeraj_1 — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:08:25 GMT

hi,

whether it being dangerous or not to update system libraries. In all cases, before any system update, it is wise to make a full backup.

btw, in linux i prefer to us ps -ax

best regards
yogeeraj

Re: ps -ef error

Edwin Ruiz_2 — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:28:01 GMT

thanks ! but a get same error

Re: ps -ef error

Martin P.J. Zinser — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:33:19 GMT

Hello Edwin,

just to cover all bases, does the error happen on a "plain" ps -ef too, or only if you do a
ps -ef|grep pmon ?

Greetings, Martin

Re: ps -ef error

Paul Cross_1 — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:12:30 GMT

Is ps ef supposed to be some kind of religious "advancement" of the OS? Are they trying to break as many scripts as possible? ps -aux, ps -ef, now ps ef? Anyone understand the reason for this? tar supports both - and no -, why not support both?

I'd hate to be on the procps-bugs@redhat.com mailing list...

Re: ps -ef error

Mark Travis — Wed, 04 Feb 2004 21:02:29 GMT

ps -ef is a new feature of Linux ps. New like within the last 5 years or so -- probably to satisfy the SVR4 people.

Use "ps aux" instead. BSDisms make you smarter anyway.

Yes, I'm trying to start a good-natured flame war just for kicks ;)