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Removed bogus bogus -aux message

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This message has been here for ages and either people ignore it because
they are so used to using -aux or never see it.  It was here before 2005
and really 7 years is enought time to people to change their ways.

The notice is now removed, people who make usenames like "x" deserve all
the punishment they can get.

Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/670592
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Craig Small
2012-05-22 20:50:34 +10:00
parent c6e3ec4602
commit dc1531b211
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@@ -803,6 +803,17 @@ if the parent process exits.
.PP
If the length of the username is greater than the length of the display
column, the numeric user ID is displayed instead.
.PP
Commands options such as
.B ps
.I\-aux
are not recommended as it is a confusion of two different standards.
According to the POSIX and UNIX standards, the above command asks to
display all processes with a TTY (generally the commands users are
running) plus all processes owned by a user named "x". If that user
doesn't exist, then
.B ps
will assume you really meant "\fBps\fR \fIaux\fR".
.SH "PROCESS FLAGS"
The sum of these values is displayed in the "F" column,
which is provided by the