Re: [Wrapper-user] Combine Linux specific and Unix generic scripts

[Leif M. <le...@ta...>]

Mike,
Sorry it took me so long to spend the 5 minutes to do this. :-P This is
something
that I have wanted to do for while. The sh scripts will now be the
default script for
the Linux platform starting in 3.0.5.

I will leave the src/bin/bash.script.in file in the distribution for the
next couple
releases to avoid breaking anyone's build. But unless anyone has any
reason why
it should be kept around I will get rid of it in a couple releases. All
reference to
the bash script will also be removed from the documentation in the 3.0.5
release.

Cheers,
Leif

Mike Castle wrote:

>I'd like to discuss doing away with the Linux specific script in favor of
>the generic Unix one.
>
>I believe that all versions of ps available on Linux support the -p option
>that the generic script uses.  At least, I suspect that all versions since
>RedHat 6.3 (since Sun builds java on RH 6.3, I believe that this is a
>suitable base to use).
>
>The only problem is that ps often end up in different locations on
>different Linux boxes.  For instnace, on my box at home, there is a
>/usr/bin/ps, but on the machines at work, it is only in /bin.
>
>I have been using the following patch to the generic wrapper for several
>weeks now on a variety of Linux boxes.  It essentially replaces the
>hardcoded references of /usr/bin/ps with $PSEXE, which is detected similar
>to how PIDOF is detected in the Linux script.  If nothing else, it should
>enhance the generic script a little, even if you don't drop the Linux
>specific version.
>
>Comments?
>
>  
>