> If you do "ps -axfww | less -S", it'll show you graphically who started
> whom. Apparently "f" means "ASCII-art process hierarchy (forest)" in this
> case. I don't know what makes it different.
>
Yup, the ps behaviour in Linux verges on the surreal. Whether or not you use a
dash, the order, the state of some envars, and apparently the phase of the
moon can affect the output. :D I prefer to use the GNU options for this
reason.
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