"T. Alex Chen" writes: > I am trying to retrieve the process ID from a process' name, optionally with > its command parameters. > I look up the man page of 'sysctl' and the use of this API seems to be > discouraged. It points the /proc file system. > The /proc does contains all the running processes, with their ID as the > directory name, and their command line as a file 'cmdline' under that > subdirectory. > Is there an API get the information out easily or do I have to open the file > '/proc' and iterate through the sub-directories with number (PID) as the file > name and get the content of 'cmdline'. (That seems > to be very cumbersome.)
Maybe the source of `pidof' (in sysvinit-utils) can give a hint. -- Alberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87pqtw8o7l....@eps142.cdf.udc.es
