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# 1  
Old 03-31-2003
Question get whole command arguments in ps -ef?
Hello All,

I want to build some monitoring of processes in HP-UX 11.x.

Is there any way to get the whole set of commands and arguments instead of the first 60 characters? I read that there's a limitation of the ps -ef command that we can't overcome. In this case is there any other command that I can use?

My need is so basic I can't believe there's no way to get that information Smilie

Thank you!
# 2  
Old 03-31-2003
Hi,

I'm pretty sure that if you use ps -efx should give you all the information you need.

x means extra (as in detail)

Cheers,
# 3  
Old 03-31-2003
Data
Nope - on HP-UX "x" is an illegal option Smilie Thank you for your post.....
# 4  
Old 03-31-2003
You read correctly. The HP-UX kernel does not save the entire argument list for later inspection. No tool can be built to get back more than the kernel saved.
# 5  
Old 04-01-2003
Most strange, I am most definatly working on HP_UX 11 and doing ps -efx does give an extended command info. Extract from man page
ps(1) ps(1)

NAME
ps - report process status

SYNOPSIS
ps [-adeflPx] [-g grplist] [-p proclist] [-R prmgrplist] [-t termlist]
[-u uidlist]

blah blah blah......

-x Shows the command line in extended format.
# 6  
Old 04-01-2003
Quote:
Originally posted by nhatch
Most strange
Well, I agree with that much of your post Smilie

This is what the HP man page for ps actually has:
Code:
 NAME
      ps - report process status

 SYNOPSIS
      ps [-adeflP] [-g grplist] [-p proclist] [-R prmgrplist] [-t termlist]
      [-u uidlist]

    XPG4 Synopsis
      ps [-aAcdefHjlP] [-C cmdlist] [-g grplist] [-G gidlist] [-n namelist]
      [-o format] [-p proclist] [-R prmgrplist] [-s sidlist] [-t termlist]
      [-u uidlist] [-U uidlist]


and later...

           args           The command line given when the process was
                          created.  This column should be the last one
                          specified, if it is desired.  Only a subset of the
                          command line is saved by the kernel; as much of
                          the command line will be displayed as is
                          available.  The output in this column may contain
                          spaces.  The default heading for this column is
                          COMMAND if -o is specified and CMD otherwise.

nhatch, run the "uname -a" command and post the results.
# 7  
Old 04-02-2003
Perderabo

uname -a

HP-UX matisse B.11.11 U 9000/800 686369372 unlimited-user license
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