Syntax #include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h> pid_t getppid(void); Service Program Name: QP0WSRV1 Default Public Authority: *USE Threadsafe: Yes Thegetppid()function returns the parent process ID of the calling process. Parameters ...
In this casesleepis the child command and it's PID is8414. It's parent ID is 841 and is calleddisplay-auto-brightness. The grandparent is a shell (sh) with a process ID of839. The great-grandparent iscronwith a process ID of795. The great-great-grandparent is alsocronwith a proce...
pid && lpfProcess32Next( hSnapShot, &procentry ); }//while ends ThePROCESSENTRY32structure we got from ourGetParentProcIDfunction is passed down to theWaitForParentToFinish, that does the synchronization: The parent process PID is theth32ParentProcessIDdata member of this structure. There are ...
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In this case sleep is the child command and it's PID is 8414. It's parent ID is 841 and is called display-auto-brightness. The grandparent is a shell (sh) with a process ID of 839. The great-grandparent is...
Re: how to get PID of father process Hi Juergen:Given a child's pid (for example 2342):# UNIX95= ps -p 2342 -o ppid=1...which indicates that 'init' is the parent process.Or, if you know the basename of the child process:# UNIX95= ps -C getty -o ppid=1In both cases, ...
#include<sys/types.h>#include<unistd.h>pid_tgetppid(void); getppid()returns the process ID of the parent of the calling process. Example usage: getppid.c #include<stdio.h>#include<sys/types.h>#include<unistd.h>intmain(){pid_tppid = getppid();printf("ppid: %lun", ppid); ...
What you are currently doing is probably the simplest way to get the parent PID from a child process given its name. As you mentioned if you have multiple instances of a program running they get indexed with the # sign as some_prg#1, some_prg#2, ..., some_prg#n. Given that you ...
[SOLVED] Parent - Child processes (how to get them?) - posted in Ask for Help: I need to know the list of child processes given the PID of a process but I dont know how to do it. I have been searching in the forum and I have found how to get the list of
/*C program to get Process Id and Parent Process Id in Linux.*/#include <stdio.h>#include <unistd.h>intmain() {intp_id, p_pid; p_id=getpid();/*process id*/p_pid=getpid();/*parent process id*/printf("Process ID: %d\n", p_id); ...