> > Is there another way of doing this other than iterating over /proc and > > reading all the process names? > > Probably not. There is no system call, or even C library function, to do > this sort of query. > > So your most portable choice is indeed to run an external "ps" program. > The not-portable way (will work only on Linux) is to look in /proc. This > is what the ps program does on Linux, by the way.
The way to do it on linux is using libproc, which is supposed to abstract the current /proc hierarchy a bit. It's almost the same as going over /proc, but cleaner. VKh ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
