[procps] Re: pidof in procps-ng

  • From: Craig Small <csmall-procps@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: procps@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:52:02 +1000

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 12:14:08PM -0400, Jaromir Capik wrote:
> I don't consider pgrep suitable for adopting the pidof behaviour.
> The matching/sorting logic is so different, that it resulted in
> something like 'application in application'.
> 
> Would you mind if I create a separate pidof application
> instead of modifying pgrep?
No problem at all with that Jaromir. If you can use the library that's
helpful (if it makes sense, not using it for using sake)

 - Craig
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