* Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz> [010329 03:10] wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 04:10:52PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > * Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> [010328 16:07] wrote:
> > > Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> writes:
> > > > FYI, the WU-FTPD code (2.6.0 or better) has a couple of more platforms
> > > > including UnixWare. The UnixWare code will need /dev/kmem permission to
> > > > change it's stuff, so I don't know whether we want to do this or not, but
> > > > if people are looking at the ps stuff, please look at this as well.
> > >
> > > Well, *I* sure wouldn't run Postgres with write permission on /dev/kmem.
> > > Especially not just to make ps_status work...
> >
> > Wow... is this all for "pgmonitor"?
> >
> > sorry, just my opinion...
> >
> > If it for pgmonitor then you guys ought to just mark it broken on
> > these platforms, the non-"ps based" solution could have been
> > implemented with all the time wasted trying to get the "ps based"
> > hack working. :(
>
> If is still a mind for (IMHO) terrible work with 'ps'... not sure if
> it's interesting, but exist cross-platforms library for processes
> information loading - the libgtop. Supports:
>
> * All versions of Linux
> * FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD
> * BSD/OS
> * Digital Unix
> * Solaris
> * ..and may be others
>
> Sure, it's in C :-)
And infected with the GPV, not even the LGPV... not worth it. :)
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