Hey cameron.. thanks ! I discovered that the ps -ppid "parentID" would return the list of child pids which works, but thanks..! On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 28Nov2014 13:19, bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> A test app does a fork, creates children processes. >> Is there a way to view the procTBL "ps" to be able to see that a >> process is a "child" process? >> I know you can see when a child has stopped, but the parent is still >> running.. but is there a way to see if there are "running" children, >> some attribute that denotes i'm a child? >> Or, is there some attribute that denotes the process has running children? > > > Every process has a parent process id (PPID), allowing you to deduce the > parent-child relationships. > > The GNU ps "f" option will display the process tree with parent-child > relationships. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> > > ERROR 155 - You can't do that. - Data General S200 Fortran error code list > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
