"Lalit Seth" <laalit_seth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BAY2-F24coCru4efxId000194d6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Hi, > > 1) how do i get the PID from a process of which i know the name only > > 2) how can i send a signal to a process of which I have the PID > > I wanted this information from C++ Code not from shell. > [snip] Via popen(). -- Alex Vinokur email: alex DOT vinokur AT gmail DOT com http://mathforum.org/library/view/10978.html http://sourceforge.net/users/alexvn