Re: ps buffer is incorrectly padded on the (latest) OS X

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alexey Klyukin <alexk(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ps buffer is incorrectly padded on the (latest) OS X
Date: 2010-09-03 19:00:27
Message-ID: 27588.1283540427@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alexey Klyukin <alexk(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> I always wondered why ps ax|grep postgres shows several extra blank lines
> after the process name, i.e.

AFAIR it's always done that on OSX. I thought we'd tried the '\0'
padding way back when and it didn't work nicely, but maybe Apple fixed
that.

regards, tom lane

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