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From: chris@minnie.UUCP (Chris Grevstad)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.unix
Subject: externally accessing process environment
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Date: Tue, 25-Mar-86 00:50:43 EST
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Running 4.2BSD on an Integrated Solutions 68010 machine.  What I would
like to know is if there is some way for a process to examine the
environment of a non-related process.  What I want in particular is a
way to determine, from an external process, a terminal's type without resorting
to the possibly inaccurate file /etc/ttytype. The examining process is running
as root.

NOTE:  This is NOT the case of a process trying to determine it's own
environment.

Thanks for any advice that you can give me.

-- 
	Chris Grevstad
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