get process name from process id

[perlcoder]

I need to know the name of the parent process.
using getppid function I can get the process id
of the parent process. How do I translate parent
pid to a name.

Is there a way to do it in in perl without invoking ps command.


thanks.

 

[Joost Diepenmaat]

I need to know the name of the parent process.
using getppid function I can get the process id
of the parent process. How do I translate parent
pid to a name.

Is there a way to do it in in perl without invoking ps command.

From what I've been able to find in a few minutes of searching, you
can't do this portably on unix. using the output of `ps` may very well
be the "best" way to go about it, since ps is at least part of POSIX.

 

[Ted Zlatanov]

p> I need to know the name of the parent process.
p> using getppid function I can get the process id
p> of the parent process. How do I translate parent
p> pid to a name.

p> Is there a way to do it in in perl without invoking ps command.

Get Proc:rocessTable from CPAN.

Ted