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ID Category Severity Reproducibility Date Submitted Last Update
0001510 [BusyBox] Other major always 09-24-07 08:06 02-14-08 04:01
Reporter ephogy View Status public  
Assigned To BusyBox
Priority normal Resolution no change required  
Status closed   Product Version 1.4.x
Summary 0001510: 1.7.1 -- pidof fails for filenames in excess of 13 characters
Description pidof fails when the filname passed to it exceeds 13 characters in length.
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(0002791)
vda
09-24-07 11:38

$ cp -a busybox busybox_a_very_long_filename_indeed

$ ./busybox_a_very_long_filename_indeed sleep 30 &

$ ./busybox pidof busybox_a_very_long_filename_indeed
17233

So it works for "real" executables.

In libbb/find_pid_by_name.c you can find an extended explanation why it doesn't work for scripts.
 
(0004594)
vda
02-14-08 04:01

As I see it, this is not a bug. See explanation in libbb/find_pid_by_name.c
 

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
09-24-07 08:06 ephogy New Issue
09-24-07 08:06 ephogy Status new => assigned
09-24-07 08:06 ephogy Assigned To  => BusyBox
09-24-07 11:38 vda Note Added: 0002791
02-14-08 04:01 vda Status assigned => closed
02-14-08 04:01 vda Note Added: 0004594
02-14-08 04:01 vda Resolution open => no change required


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