Hi Rupert, On 2015-04-23 21:25, rupert thurner wrote: > On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 2:45:11 PM UTC+2, Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> >> However, using this code for `getppid()` would be serious overkill (not to >> mention an unbearable performance hit because you have to enumerate *all* >> processes to get that information). >> >> > is the windows "JobObject" similar to processgroup? at least killing the > parent process in a jobobject will kill all childs as well: > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms681949%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Reading this page carefully reveals that you have to construct JobObjects explicitly. So you cannot get from a process ID to a JobObject; there is probably none. Or there is one. Or many. Ciao, Johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html