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I'm using timeout core utility in my bash shell script. The problem I'm facing is I want the PID of the command which is supplied to timeout. Let me explain with the code I'm using:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
timeout 120 ./prog1 &
echo "@$!"
the above script gives me PID of timeout process but not of the prog1, so how do I get that.
What I observed is: prog1 PID = timeout PID + 1
Is it always the case that if I add 1 to timeout PID, I get prog1 PID ?
Between, Is there any C language function to get parent PID given a child PID ? . I know getppid() but this only gives current process parent pid. I'm looking for a function which can take child pid and gives me parent pid.
Between, Is there any C language function to get parent PID given a child PID ? . I know getppid() but this only gives current process parent pid. I'm looking for a function which can take child pid and gives me parent pid.
I don't think that's exposed via a function anywhere - but
you can easily implement it yourself by traversing /proc/<PID>/
Either of "stat" and "status" will give you the ppid.
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