Hi there,

I need to get process status, such as process memory usage, cpu usage in
unix programming

Machine : sun E450, solaris 8
Compiler : gcc

Thanks in advance

Jaguk Ku

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"Jaguk Ku" <jkku@kynax.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> I need to get process status, such as process memory usage, cpu usage in
> unix programming
>
> Machine : sun E450, solaris 8
> Compiler : gcc
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jaguk Ku


The 'ps' program is what you want.

DS

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> "Jaguk Ku" <jkku@kynax.com> wrote in message
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>     The 'ps' program is what you want.
>
>     DS
>
>


thanks for your reply
i need a function for my application rather than shell command

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> thanks for your reply
> i need a function for my application rather than shell command


Then use 'popen' to launch the 'ps' program. Otherwise, get the source
code to 'ps' and modify/borrow it.

DS

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> "Jaguk Ku" <jkku@kynax.com> wrote in message
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> 
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>     Then use 'popen' to launch the 'ps' program. Otherwise, get the source
> code to 'ps' and modify/borrow it.
>


Have a look in /usr/include/sys/proc.h or get the source for
utilities such as top or yamm and see how they do it.

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