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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 ?
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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.
> 
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