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From: godin@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Andre Godin 8926)
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Subject: Finding if a process is active
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Date: 12 Jun 90 13:19:37 GMT
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   I have a process (written in C) running under SunOS 4.0.3 that
have to find out if a process exist, knowing only his name.

   Is there a system call (or something else) that can tell me if
a certain process is active?

   Thanks in advance.

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