1. Programming

question: for the below program i just printed the value for pid, child pid and parent pid why does it give me 6 values? i assume ppid is 28086 but can't figure out why there are 5 values printed instead of just two! can someone comment on that! #include<stdio.h> #define DIM 8 int... (3 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi , I am trying to get the PID using the following command: $ /usr/ucb/ps -auwwwwx | grep java | grep Proceess | ptree PID or $ /usr/ucb/ps -auwwwwx | grep java | grep Proceess;ptree PID it is possible to get PID, such that I check whether any orphan process is running. solution... (0 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

1. If I use an software application(which connects to the database in the server) in my local pc, how many PID should be registered? Would there be PID for the session and another PID for socket connection? 2. I noticed (through netstat) that when I logged in using the my software application,... (1 Reply)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, In my project i have two process runs in the back end. Once i start my project, and execute the command ps, i get below output: PID TTY TIME CMD 9086 pts/1 0:00 ksh 9241 pts/1 0:02 java 9240 pts/1 0:00 shell_script_bg java with 9241 PID is the main... (4 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I need to get the pid of a process and have to store the pid in a variable and i want to use this value(pid) of the variable for some process. Please can anyone tell me how to get the pid of a process and store it in a variable. please help me on this. Thanks in advance, Amudha (7 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have searched to find an anwer to no avail, I hope you can help me. I have a.ksh that many people call and a.ksh calls b.ksh b.ksh is also invoked stand-alone by many people as well In b.ksh I want to do something different if it was not involked by a.ksh. How can I do this? (7 Replies)

7. Programming

I am trying to write a C program that prints its ancestor name and PID For example: Lets say my program name is prog1 then the output should be prog1 with PID: 2345 bash with PID: 4567 .... init with PID: 1 This is just a scratch work. #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include... (5 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I'm trying to write a script where i'm trying to grep the PID and the associated file and list them. Then execute the KILL command sequentially on the listed PID's for ".tra" files ==================================================== ps -aux | grep mine adm 27739 0.2 0.8 1131588... (12 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I would like to know what this command means? PID=$! what does "!" stand for? (5 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

I used netstat -tp <pid> to list all Foreign Addresses i.e OutBound sockets on Linux. Likewise, i wish to list all Foreign Addresses on Sparc Solaris. I get illegal option -- t when i try this command on Solaris. The second query i have is that in the output of netstat command some... (1 Reply)