Finding a process by name

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Hello, all,

Is there a way to programatically find a process by name in Neutrino?
I don’t mind searching the process list for the name, but it needs to
be in C without calling external programs like pidin.

Cheers,
Kevin

–
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of
wisdom – Gandalf the Grey

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Kevin Lacquement (klacquement@syscor.com) wrote:
: Hello, all,

: Is there a way to programatically find a process by name in Neutrino?
: I don’t mind searching the process list for the name, but it needs to
: be in C without calling external programs like pidin.

: Cheers,
: Kevin

: –
: He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of
: wisdom – Gandalf the Grey

Well, if you don’t mind using undocumented calls, you can grab the source
for pidin and do it yourself. You basically readdir() the /proc filesystem,
and then do a devctl() on each of the /proc//as files :slight_smile:

Cheers,
-RK

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“RK” == Robert Krten <> nospam2@parse.com> > writes:

[…]

RK> Well, if you don’t mind using undocumented calls, you can grab the source
RK> for pidin and do it yourself. You basically readdir() the /proc filesystem,
RK> and then do a devctl() on each of the /proc//as files :slight_smile:

That’s what I expected. I was just hoping the calls would be
documented. Hopefully they won’t change anytime soon. Thanks

RK> Cheers,
RK> -RK

Cheers,
Kevin

–
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of
wisdom – Gandalf the Grey