There is the problem, and my information was incorrect.
Freebsd 4.11 returns this with the command string: ps -ax -ww -o pid,ppid,user,start,state,pri,pcpu,cputime,pmem,rss,vsz,args ps: args: keyword not found PID PPID USER STARTED STAT PRI %CPU TIME %MEM RSS VSZ 0 0 root 31Aug05 DLs -18 0.0 0:04.53 0.0 0 0
Freebsd 6.1 returns: (as expected) ps -ax -ww -o pid,ppid,user,start,state,pri,pcpu,cputime,pmem,rss,vsz,args PID PPID USER STARTED STAT PRI %CPU TIME %MEM RSS VSZ COMMAND 0 0 root 17Jun06 WLs 98 0.0 0:00.00 0.0 0 0 [swapper]
Answering myself. Changing the string in the "hobbitclient-freebsd.sh" file to the same one found in the "hobbitclient-darwin.sh" fixed it to work on both systems.
Thanks for heading me in the right direction.
Dave