Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hplsla!hpubvwa!carter!lyn From: lyn@carter.BCASDL.BOEING.COM ( Lyn Stewart ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: How to find process name in c? Message-ID: <570001@carter.BCASDL.BOEING.COM> Date: 13 Jul 90 14:57:36 GMT Organization: Boeing-Commercial-Airplanes Lines: 10 Has anyone got a method for finding out if a process is running short of "ps -ef | grep processname" in a pipe. There must be a better way from within a c program. Lynwood A. Stewart Boeing Commercial Airplanes lyns@atc.boeing.com