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1. AIX
HI,
i used
ps -ef | grep 3539052 | grep -v grep
and i got a output like ths
root 3539052 3407918 0 May 07 - 709:31 /usr/sbin/syslogd
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2. AIX
Hi
I would like to know more about swapper process..
I knew that swapper is the first process with PID#0, used to perform process swap operations. It used to swap entire processes
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3. Programming
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... (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
i was able to redirect pid of process to a file in the following way
ps aux|awk '$11 == "/Applications/ProjectX/DServer" >> /Applications/ProjectX/DServer.pid
it works fine but if one folder name caontains space its not working like below
ps aux|awk '$11 == "/Applications/Project\... (1 Reply)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have written a shell script to find and kill the particular process. Here in shell script i have written the code like
cnt = $(ps -ef | grep Shree)
echo $cnt
I am getting the output
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Here I want to... (2 Replies)
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6. 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,
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7. Linux
I am trying to submit a background process on a remote machine using
ssh -f remote-host "sh my-process.sh"
Normally the process will be submitted and control returned to the local machine (even when the process is running on the remote machine)
I want to get the process id of the submitted... (4 Replies)
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8. Solaris
hi all,
Is there a simple script anyone could through out to me, to find the pid of a process given the name. I actually need to bind this pid to a processor set. I would probably put these comamns in a shell script which would have.
a) kick start the executable
b) get the pid
c) bind it to a... (10 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
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I have a little problem please help me out. I have a Unix based OS Sun Server having oracle 8i as database on it. The server has one client with windows OS. The client uses developer 2000 (GUI) to run query and run processes. I want to know how can I know the PID of a process run... (3 Replies)
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10. Programming
I have written a program to collect some performance metrics on and AIX box, but I'm having difficultly getting the process information.
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getpid(2) System Calls Manual getpid(2)
NAME
getpid(), getpgid(), getpgrp(), getpgrp2(), getppid() - get process, process group and parent process ID.
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
These functions return process, process group and parent process IDs, as follows:
Process group ID of the specified process.
If pid is zero, the call applies to the calling process. Same result as
Process group ID of the calling process.
Process group ID of the specified process.
If pid is zero, the call applies to the calling process. Same result as
Process ID of the calling process.
Parent process ID of the calling process.
If the parent process is the initialization process (known as the call returns 1.
Security Restrictions
The system call is subject to compartmental restrictions. See compartments(5) for more information about compartmentalization on systems
that support that feature.
Compartmental restrictions can be overridden if the process possesses the privilege (PRIV_COMMALLOWED). Processes owned by the superuser
may not have this privilege. Processes owned by any user may have this privilege, depending on system configuration. See privileges(5)
for more information about privileged access on systems that support fine-grained privileges.
RETURN VALUE
The functions return the following values:
Successful completion.
n is a nonnegative process ID, as described above.
Failure:
and only. is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
If or fails, is set to one of the following values:
[EPERM] The current process and pid are not in the same session (see setsid(2)).
[ESRCH] No process can be found corresponding to that specified by pid.
AUTHOR
and were developed by HP, AT&T, and the University of California, Berkeley.
SEE ALSO
exec(2), fork(2), setpgid(2), setsid(2), signal(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
getpid(2)