diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d4b15612..201e7467 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ procps-ng-NEXT ---------------- * docs: Use correct symbols for -h option in free.1 Debian #898774 + * docs: ps.1 now warns about command name length issue #101 * top: can now exploit 256-color terminals issue #96 * top: preserves 'other filters' in configuration file issue #99 * top: can now collapse/expand forest view children issue #99 diff --git a/ps/ps.1 b/ps/ps.1 index b358d2f1..844341c1 100644 --- a/ps/ps.1 +++ b/ps/ps.1 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" Quick hack conversion by Albert Cahalan, 1998. .\" Licensed under version 2 of the Gnu General Public License. .\" -.TH PS 1 2018-05-31 "procps-ng" "User Commands" +.TH PS 1 2018-08-08 "procps-ng" "User Commands" .\" .\" To render this page: .\" groff -t -b -man -X -P-resolution -P100 -Tps ps.1 & @@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ Identical to Select by command name. This selects the processes whose executable name is given in .IR cmdlist . +NOTE: The command name is not the same as the command line. Previous versions +of procps and the kernel truncated this command name to 15 characters. This +limitation is no longer present in both. If you depended on matching only +15 characters, you may no longer get a match. .TP .BI \-G \ grplist Select by real group ID (RGID) or name. This selects the processes whose