Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 14:33:54 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> To: Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: differentiating apache children from parents ? Message-ID: <20030124133354.GA59812@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030124052109.R64423-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> References: <20030124052109.R64423-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
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On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 05:22:00AM -0800, Josh Brooks typed: > > Hello, > > Is there any way to tell, simply from /proc info and/or ps output if a > certain httpd PID is a child or the parent ? Yes, use "ps xalw | grep httpd". In the third column you see the processes' PPID (Parent Proces ID). All except one will have the same PPID. The one proces with PPID=1 is the parent, the rest are its children. > If yes, is this method applicable on any OS (linux) ? AFAIK, on any Unix-like OS. Although the format of the ps output may differ. > > thanks. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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