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ps_ppid

Parent pid or parent process of a process


Description

ps_ppid() returns the parent pid, ps_parent() returns a ps_handle of the parent.

Usage

ps_ppid(p = ps_handle())

ps_parent(p = ps_handle())

Arguments

p

Process handle.

Details

On POSIX systems, if the parent process terminates, another process (typically the pid 1 process) is marked as parent. ps_ppid() and ps_parent() will return this process then.

Both ps_ppid() and ps_parent() work for zombie processes.

Value

ps_ppid() returns and integer scalar, the pid of the parent of p. ps_parent() returns a ps_handle.

See Also

Examples

p <- ps_handle()
p
ps_ppid(p)
ps_parent(p)

ps

List, Query, Manipulate System Processes

v1.6.0
MIT + file LICENSE
Authors
Jay Loden [aut], Dave Daeschler [aut], Giampaolo Rodola' [aut], Gábor Csárdi [aut, cre], RStudio [cph]
Initial release

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