[seb2]

hi everybody,

i have this small app that reads in data from /bin/ps. ps by default limits its output width to the screen/window width. i tried setting the environment for the task that launches ps, but its output still gets truncated. the nsdictionary i hand to the task looks like this:

dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:@"co#200:" forKey:@"TERMCAP"];

am i missing something fundamental?

[fitter]

As a stopgap measure, you could pass the -w flag to ps before you launch the task, which will prevent truncation in most cases. Haven't tested it, but it seems reasonable.

[seb2]

Originally posted by fitter:
<STRONG>As a stopgap measure, you could pass the -w flag to ps before you launch the task, which will prevent truncation in most cases. Haven't tested it, but it seems reasonable.</STRONG>

wow, thanks a lot!
in fact, specifying w once limits ps's output to 132 characters line width and specifying it more than once makes the output as wide as necessary. missed that in the man page.

still, out of curiosity, what did i do wrong in the example above?