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Old 09-28-2005, 11:54 PM   #1
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How to get the current process information


Hi,

I am trying to develop a C program to print the current process information.

Where can I find some sample C programs to do this? Does any one has a sample C program which prints the current process information.

Thanks,
Bala
 
Old 09-29-2005, 12:58 AM   #2
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why dont you simple use the command:

pstree -pa

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Old 09-29-2005, 04:33 AM   #3
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why dont you simple use the command:

pstree -pa
Maybe because it can be a good way to learn C-programming for Linux?
 
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i suppose "pstree" is a c program LOL
 
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Re: How to get the current process information

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I am trying to develop a C program to print the current process information.

Where can I find some sample C programs to do this? Does any one has a sample C program which prints the current process information.
The subdirectories of /proc that have numbers for a name, contain files and subdirectories that contain information about processes. The numbers are the PID's of the processes. /proc/self is a symlink to /proc/<pid>, so to find info on the process running your program, you can read the files and sub-dirs in/proc/self.

The meaning of the files/subdirs in /proc/<pid> (and a such /proc/self as well) can be found in "man 5 proc".
 
  


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