Re: get command from pid in gtk programm

[Hannes Mayr <hannes mayr indunet it>]

rachit goel wrote:
> hi all
>
> i am facing a problem i need to know what command fired the process
> with the given pid just like CMD ooption of ps command. But the issue
> is that due to timing constraint i don't have enough time to
> everytime fire a shell which writes this cmd from ps to a file and
> read it . i need to be able to get it in my program .
>
> i can get the pid by using libwnck library which is working just
> fine.
>
> any ideas how can i get this in my program .
>
> thanks in advance.

Hello,

if I unterstood your problem right, you have a pid and want to know the 
name/cmd of this process?
You could read /proc/<your pid>/cmdline for this.


Hannes