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diff --git a/man/rc_find_pids.3 b/man/rc_find_pids.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f105cbd --- /dev/null +++ b/man/rc_find_pids.3 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.\" Copyright 2007 Roy Marples +.\" All rights reserved +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd Dec 24, 2007 +.Dt RC_FIND_PIDS 3 SMM +.Os OpenRC +.Sh NAME +.Nm rc_find_pids +.Nd finds the pids of processes that match the given criteria +.Sh LIBRARY +Run Command library (librc, -lrc) +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In rc.h +.Ft "pid_t *" Fo rc_find_pids +.Fa "const char *exec" +.Fa "const char *cmd" +.Fa "uid_t uid" +.Fa "pid_t pid" +.Fc +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn rc_find_pids +returns a NULL terminated list of pids for processes matching the given +criteria. If +.Fa pid +is given then only that pid is returned if it is running. Otherise we check +all instances of +.Fa exec +with a process name of +.Fa cmd +owned by +.Fa uid , +all of which are optional. +.Pp +The retuned list should be freed when done. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +On BSD systems we use +.Lb libkvm +and on Linux systems we use the +.Pa /proc +filesystem to find our processes. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr free 3 , +.Xr malloc 3 +.Sh AUTHORS +.An "Roy Marples" Aq roy@marples.name |