I am familiar with ps, this is how I am currently getting the process ID: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $pid = `ps -axo pid,ucomm |grep proxyd|cut -f 1 -d \"p\"`;
But I was wondering if anyone new another means of doing so. Thanks. -gomes On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:24:20 +0530 Ramprasad A Padmanabhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > man ps > > B-E-G Gomes wrote: > > > > Looking for a simple method of getting a > single process ID (for a > > process such as syslogd) and store it in a > scalar. > > > > I've found a few methods of doing so but they > haven't been pretty. > > > > I'm taking suggestions :) > > > > -gomes > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
