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Top Forums Programming [C] Process pid by name Post 302334599 by Dedalus on Thursday 16th of July 2009 04:45:57 AM
Old 07-16-2009
[C] Process pid by name

Hi

I use linux OS.
I've already written a function that allow me to get the process name by pid. (searching in /proc). Now I'd like to perform the inverse task.I mean get the process pid by its name.

I could write a function that search in every folder in /proc for the process name, but i think that should be another solution. Something like include a kernel structure that keep information on the active process.

Can you suggest me another way? or some references where i can study?

Thx

D.
 

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getsid(2)							   System Calls 							 getsid(2)

NAME
getsid - get process group ID of session leader SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> pid_t getsid(pid_t pid); DESCRIPTION
The getsid() function obtains the process group ID of the process that is the session leader of the process specified by pid. If pid is (pid_t)0, it specifies the calling process. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, getsid() returns the process group ID of the session leader of the specified process. Otherwise, it returns (pid_t)-1 and sets errno to indicate the error. ERRORS
The getsid() function will fail if: EPERM The process specified by pid is not in the same session as the calling process, and the implementation does not allow access to the process group ID of the session leader of that process from the calling process. ESRCH There is no process with a process ID equal to pid. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
exec(2), fork(2), getpid(2), getpgid(2), setpgid(2), setsid(2), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 22 Jan 1996 getsid(2)
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