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Re: Who knows `ps` well?

From J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Who knows `ps` well?
Date 2013-02-03 15:06 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <kelucv$ov4$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <ke8kl2$nau$3@dont-email.me> <kelnlc$f85$1@dont-email.me>

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On Sunday, February 3rd, 2013, at 13:11:09 +0000, Avoid9Pdf warbled:

> In article <ke8kl2$nau$3@dont-email.me>, J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> wrote: 
> 
>> On Tuesday, January 29th, 2013, at 08:53:44h +0000, Chris Glurr burbled:
>> 
>> > Actually `ps` and related utilities that can help show:
>> >  which workSpace/s [in X] have got a running `links`.
>> 
>> ps cannot tell you on which desktop workspace an application is running.
> 
> Not DIRECTLY. It requires some thought/effort.
>> 
>> ps has no concept of X11, desktops, or workspaces.
>> 
> Mandrake 9: KDE3: `pstree -p` shows
> the VTs grouped per Desktop.

pstree is not ps

Since pstree does not know what a desktop is, I suggest
that the grouping was fortuitous due to the order of
starting each X terminal emulator on those desktops.

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Who knows `ps` well? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-01-29 08:53 +0000
  Re: Who knows `ps` well? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-01-29 14:00 +0000
    Re: Who knows `ps` well? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-02-02 17:10 +0000
    Re: Who knows `ps` well? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-02-03 13:11 +0000
      Re: Who knows `ps` well? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-02-03 15:06 +0000
        Re: Who knows `ps` well? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-02-05 09:36 +0000
          Re: Who knows `ps` well? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-02-05 15:17 +0000
            Re: Who knows `ps` well? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-02-06 18:50 +0000
            Re: Who knows `ps` well? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-02-07 05:14 +0000
              How to use wmctrl to switch to a window on another workspace with an EMWH compliant window manager J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-02-07 15:58 +0000
  Re: Who knows `ps` well? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2013-01-29 17:19 +0000
  Re: Who knows `ps` well? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2013-02-05 08:09 -0800

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