readproctab - Man Page
read information for all current processes at once
Synopsis
#include <proc/readproc.h>
proc_t** readproctab(int flags, ... );
void freeproctab(proc_t **p);
Description
readproctab reads information on all processes matching the criteria from flags, allocating memory for everything as needed. It returns a NULL-terminated list of proc_t pointers. For more information on the arguments of readproctab, see openproc(3).
freeproctab frees all memory allocated by readproctab.
The proc_t structure is defined in <proc/readproc.h>, please look there for a definition of all fields.
See Also
openproc(3), readproc(3), /proc/, /usr/include/proc/readproc.h.
Reporting Bugs
Please send bug reports to procps@freelists.org
Referenced By
14 July 2014 Linux Manpage Linux Programmer's Manual