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gajaykrishnan

08-13-2004 12:05 AM

monitoring active processes and identifying the required processes.

can i write a program that finds out which all user processes are running on the users computer at any given time & identify whether a particular program is running or not.

infamous41md

08-13-2004 12:10 AM

use the /proc file system, and check out 'man proc'.

cppkid

08-13-2004 01:58 AM

Yes the best way is to use /proc file system
also you can get the output from PS or PS -A command, or top command. check all.

/proc filesystem (best)
PS -A
top

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