From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 23 11:27:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E89716A41C for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 11:27:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gowtham@despammed.com) Received: from mailout.despammed.com (mailout.despammed.com [65.112.71.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADDB743D1F for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 11:27:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gowtham@despammed.com) Received: from filter.despammed.com (filter.despammed.com [65.112.71.26]) by mailout.despammed.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with SMTP id j4NB8Tk29037 for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 06:08:30 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 06:08:30 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <200505231108.j4NB8Tk29037@mailout.despammed.com> From: gowtham@despammed.com To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: despammed.com Subject: (no subject) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 11:27:15 -0000 Hi, How can I get the process_id of a process when I've the process_name from within a C program? Also can the command kill (pid, SIGCONT) be used to restart a dead daemon process where pid is the process_id of the daemon from within a C program? -- Gowtham