Re: How to determime process name from pid?

19 Nov 2001

      Based on reading ps sources:

#include <sys/sysctl.h>

int mib[4];

struct kinfo_proc p;

int bufSize;

mib[0]=CTL_KERN;

mib[1]=KERN_PROC;

mib[2]=KERN_PROC_PID;

mib[3]=the_pid;

bufSize=sizeof(p);

error=sysctl(mib,4, &p, &bufSize, NULL, 0);

if error is 0, the data you want is in p->ki_p->p_comm

This is a non-privileged operation.

Re: How to determime process name from pid?

Chaskiel M Grundman