struct proc - basic question

[Peter Pentchev]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 10:30:31PM +1000, Sam Lawrance wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 22:01, Joanna Sledzik wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > I'm very very begginer in Unix system programming.
> > What function should I use to catch the struct proc for some process?
> > Is it possible to get the pointer to struct proc using for example the pid_t pid
> > as an argument?
> 
> >From userland, maybe the kvm_* functions will do what you want.
> See the kvm, kvm_open and kvm_getprocs manpages.

The kern.proc.all sysctl might be a better idea; see my other e-mail for
details.

G'luck,
Peter

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