From: Peggy Russell <prusselltechgroup@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:54:23 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: ps.1: usernames are truncated
X-Git-Tag: v3.3.11~49
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cf4788c28dba784a09c8b036a56fffa49da584e7;p=procps-ng

ps.1: usernames are truncated

ps now truncates usernames and doesn't change them to uids.
Man page is now updated with the correct information

Signed-off-by: Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
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diff --git a/ps/ps.1 b/ps/ps.1
index b90adc82..660a797b 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 "July 2014" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
+.TH PS 1 "June 2015" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
 .\"
 .\" To render this page:
 .\"    groff -t -b -man -X -P-resolution -P100 -Tps ps.1 &
@@ -826,8 +826,9 @@ will be destroyed by
 .IR init (8)
 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.
+If the length of the username is greater than the length of the display 
+column, the username will be truncated. See the -o and -O formatting 
+options to customize length.
 .PP
 Commands options such as
 .B ps \-aux