what u think about pidof command ? -Santosh --- Erik Mouw <mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:43:44PM +0530, Prasad > Joshi wrote: > > I have given an assignment to find out the pid of > the process from its's > > name. I am not supposed to use proc filesystem as > well as ps output. > > Impossible. The proc filesystem is the only way to > figure out > information about other processes. > > > I am > > supposed to write a USER SPACE C program input to > it will be a program name > > string, say bash, and then it should print > corresponding PID. > > And what is supposed to happen when there are > several bash processes? > > > The next part of the assignment is to find the > PPID of a given process and > > then print it's tree till init process. > > The pstree program already does what you want, no > need to reinvent the > wheel. > > > Erik > > - -- > They're all fools. Don't worry. Darwin may be slow, > but he'll > eventually get them. -- Matthew Lammers in > alt.sysadmin.recovery > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFF9YR+/PlVHJtIto0RAhR3AJ9pHEJkKvgbqE9svxnPRcb8jPba6wCfWAD6 > z2cgCAPJ3hMiYgcPK8IvMNE= > =V+El > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > Regards: Santosh Dwivedi Home Page www.dwivedi.cjb.net Software Engineer. Wireless People 22A persiaran zaaba Taman Tun Dr Ismail 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ph. +60132203369 ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
