How can my program discover the complete pathname to the executable from which it was invoked? []

How can I automatically locate a program's configuration files in the same directory as the executable? []

Unix Programming FAQ How do I change the name of my program (as seen by 'ps')? []

Unix Programming FAQ How can I look at process in the system like ps does? []

Unix Programming FAQ Example: Reading the process table -- SUNOS 4 version []

Unix Programming FAQ Example: Reading the process table -- SYSV version []

Unix Programming FAQ Example: Reading the process table -- AIX 4.2 version []

Unix Programming FAQ Example: Reading the process table using popen and ps []

Unix Programming FAQ Given a pid, how can I tell if it's a running program? []

Unix Programming FAQ How can I find a process' executable file? []

Unix Programming FAQ So where do I put my configuration files then? []

Can you explain a few of the basics of the "ps" command? [ 2000/06/01]

I just upgraded my system and now ps has quit working [ 1999/02/01]

Questions and Answers

ps(1) - process status {oss}

top(1) - display and update information about the top cpu processes {oss}

pstat(8) - display system data structures {oss}

time - reports (usually from a shell) the user, system, and real time used by a process. On some systems it also reports memory usage, page faults, etc. {GPL,GNU}

procmap-1.0 - Print the contents of a procfs map file

p5-Proc-ProcessTable-0.33 - Perl interface to the unix process table

bsd.ps.patch - Speed, etc., patches for BSD ps {oss}

pt - Display process family tree {oss}

process-cwd - Print current directory of processes (on BSD) {oss}

SPS - Show process status - BSD only - replacement for "ps" {oss}

getpid getppid (2) - get parent or calling process identification {oss}

Libraries and Functions

(The following links to subjects at this site retain your personalized selections.)

Debugging and Tracing - (utilities, system and library calls which support debugging and tracing)

See also Process Limits - Permission and access restriction (files, resources, etc)

See also Process Creation and Control - covers child process control (like sending signals), renice, fork, et al

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