Re: pgmonitor on solaris

Roberto João Lopes Garcia writes:

> Is there a pgmonitor version for Solaris?? It dies with:
>
> Can't run 'ps': awk: syntax error near line 3
> awk: illegal statement near line 3
> awk: illegal statement near line 4
> Please send in a patch.
>
> I tried to fix it whith:
>
> 1 - correct the path to ps.
> 2 - convert Linux ps args to Solaris 2.5.1 ps args.
>
> Step 2 did not work, I could not find equivalents to x,w args and I do not
> know if it is the only think that must be fixed.

The x and w options for ps are BSD-style (not Linux). On Solaris you'll
find a BSD-style ps under /usr/ucb/. With the SysV-style ps at
/usr/bin/ps the -e option is the closest thing to it, but it probably
won't work with pgmonitor.

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