how to get the name of process from PID in C/C++?

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01-30-2009, 12:46 AM	#1
kulandaivelu LQ Newbie Registered: Jan 2009 Posts: 4 Rep:	how to get the name of process from PID in C/C++? hi, Can anyone help me to find out name of the process from process ID in C/C++ program? Thanks in Advance Kulandaivelu.S

01-30-2009, 04:25 AM	#2
irey Member Registered: Jun 2008 Location: Torino, Italy Posts: 66 Rep:	Take a look at /proc/<pid>/exe. It's a symlink to the binary that created the process.

02-02-2009, 11:23 AM	#3
kulandaivelu LQ Newbie Registered: Jan 2009 Posts: 4 Original Poster Rep:	Hi irey, Thanks for reply..

02-03-2009, 09:41 AM	#4
sundialsvcs LQ Guru Registered: Feb 2004 Location: SE Tennessee, USA Distribution: Gentoo, LFS Posts: 10,659 Blog Entries: 4 Rep:	Tell your teacher hello for me.

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