On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Jon Clugston <jon.clugs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > When I run "procps -ef" I get corrupted command line parameters: > > jc807j@~>procps -ef > UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD > jc807j 5852 1 0 08:59 tty0 00:00:03 X :0 -multiwindow > jc807j 2668 1 0 08:59 tty0 00:00:00 xterm -e ssh server > 80x72+285+0 -e ssh server > jc807j 3004 1 0 08:59 tty0 00:00:00 xterm -e ssh server > 80x72-8+0 -e ssh server > jc807j 3392 3004 0 08:59 tty0 00:00:00 ssh server > jc807j 5960 2668 0 08:59 tty1 00:00:00 ssh server > jc807j 2928 5852 0 09:12 ? 00:00:00 xterm 20000 +tb > jc807j 4608 2928 0 09:12 tty2 00:00:00 bash > jc807j 5800 4608 1 10:57 tty2 00:00:00 procps -ef > > The actual command lines for the 3 xterm processes are: > > C:\cygwin\bin\xterm.exe -sl 20000 +tb -geometry 80x72+285+0 -e ssh server > C:\cygwin\bin\xterm.exe -sl 20000 +tb -geometry 80x72-8+0 -e ssh server > C:\cygwin\bin\xterm.exe -sl 20000 +tb > > as reported by the "listdlls" tool. > > I have verified that the "/proc/*/cmdline" is the source of the > corrupted information. "cmdline" from PID 2928 is: > > jc807j@~>od -c /proc/2928/cmdline > 0000000 x t e r m \0 \0 2 0 0 0 0 \0 + t b > 0000020 \0 > 0000021 >
I am able to reproduce the problem by simply executing the following command line: xterm -sl 20000 +tb -geometry 80x72+285+0 -e ssh server (obviously w/ X running). I wrote a simple shell script which does nothing except sleep and I called it with the same command line parameters and it didn't have the problem. So, it appears that the problem is related to "xterm" or something that "xterm" does. I also shortened/simplified the command line (to "xterm") and it was still corrupted (the "-sl" was missing): xterm -sl 20000 +tb -geometry 80x72+285+0 I tried to reproduce by creating long command lines to other commands and none were corrupted. Does "xterm" step on its command line? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
