dg_process_info(2)                SDK R4.11               dg_process_info(2)


NAME
       dgprocessinfo - get information about the system's currently active
       processes

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/dgprocessinfo.h>

       int    dgprocessinfo (selector,
              selectorvalue,
              cmdnameformat,
              keyptr,
              bufferptr,
              version)
       long   selector;
       long   selectorvalue;
       long   cmdnameformat;
       long   * keyptr;
       struct dgprocessinfo * bufferptr;
       long   version;

   where:
       selector            A condition for determining which process to
                           report information about

       selectorvalue      A value for the select condition above

       cmdnameformat     One of three values
                           (DG_PROCESS_INFO_CMD_NAME_NULL,
                           DG_PROCESS_INFO_CMD_NAME_ONLY, or
                           DG_PROCESS_INFO_CMD_NAME_AND_ARGS) specifying
                           whether the command name alone is sufficient, or
                           if the command name with its arguments is needed.

       keyptr             On the first call, a pointer to a variable
                           containing the value DG_PROCESS_INFO_INITIAL_KEY;
                           on return, a handle that should be used on
                           subsequent calls to this system call

       bufferptr          A pointer to a buffer of structure
                           dgprocessinfo where the process information
                           will be returned

       version             To use the most recent version, version should be
                           set to DG_PROCESS_INFO_CURRENT_VERSION.

DESCRIPTION
       The dgprocessinfo system call searches the process table for valid
       (non-free non-initializing) table entries and based on the selector
       determines whether or not to return information about that process.
       Searching continues until a process is found (return value (1)), or
       until the process table is completely searched (return value (0)).
       Only one search through the process table is made.  If a process
       exists in a particular slot in the process table when that slot is
       looked at, information on that process will be returned.  If the slot
       is empty, no information will be returned.

ACCESS CONTROL
       There are no checks for access control.  All users can access this
       system call.  When MAC is configured, information will only be
       returned for the processes to which the calling process has read
       access.

RETURN VALUE
       1      Successful search, but not done.  The buffer was filled with
              information about a process.  keyptr is given a handle which
              subsequent calls to this routine will use to continue the
              search through the process table.

       0      Successful completion, that is, no more processes.  The
              contents of buffer are undefined.

       -1     An error occurred.  errno is set to indicate the error.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Errno may be set to one of the following error codes:

       EINTR     An interrupt occurred during the system call

       EINVAL    A bad argument was passed in.

       EFAULT    The keyptr argument specifies a bad address

       EFAULT    The bufferptr argument specifies a bad address

SEE ALSO
       killall(1M), dgsysinfo(2), fork(2), vfork(2).


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