From: lhall@rfk.com (Larry Hall) Subject: Re: ps and kill 6 Dec 1996 19:31:11 -0800 Sender: daemon@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <2.2.32.19961207022109.002f6960.cygnus.gnu-win32@ma.ultranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: lhall@ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Original-To: "Ben Constable" , Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com At 03:02 AM 12/7/96 +1100, Ben Constable wrote: >Just used the mentioned utilities. Why is it that the cygnus utilities have >to have a different process number? When you run ps you get something like >this: > > PID PPID WIN32-PID UID COMMAND > 1000 1000 44 500 >c:\software\gnu\x86-cygwin32\H-i386-cygwin32\bin\bash.exe > 1001 1000 158 500 >c:\software\gnu\x86-cygwin32\H-i386-cygwin32\bin\ps.exe > >Why do we have 1000 and 1001 instead of 44 and 158? Since there are already >utilities out there (such as those in the resource kit) which use these >numbers, it makes sense to stick with them. Any reason to not use >WIN32-PID's? As I remember, the last time this issue came up, the Cygnus guys agreed that the WIN32 ids were the way to go. I believe they threw out an open invitation to anyone that wanted to pick up on this one but I didn't see any takers. If you're interested, check with Geoffrey Noer to make sure someone hasn't started this already. >Also, when I alt-tab to a command window with bash running, I get a 'T' >entered into my window. Other people report similar things happening, >although each person seems to have a different letter. I have not yet seen >a reason for this on the list - is there an explanation? If memory serves here, this is supposed to be fixed in b17. I don't recall any specific explanantion of the problem. The problem was introduced after the b14 release. Larry - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".