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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PPSINFO 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Ppsinfo
19.Nd get process ps information
20.Sh LIBRARY
21.Lb libproc
22.Sh SYNOPSIS
23.In libproc.h
24.Ft "const psinfo_t *"
25.Fo Ppsinfo
26.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
27.Fc
28.Sh DESCRIPTION
29The
30.Fn Ppsinfo
31function returns the process handle
32.Fa P Ns 's
33.Xr ps 1
34information.
35The
36.Sy psinfo_t
37structure that is returned is defined in
38.Xr proc 5
39and is valid until a subsequent call to
40.Xr Prelease 3PROC .
41.Sh RETURN VALUES
42Upon successful completion, the
43.Fn Ppsinfo
44function returns a pointer to the process ps information.
45Otherwise,
46.Dv NULL
47is returned to indicate that it could not be found.
48.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
49.Sy Uncommitted
50.Sh MT-LEVEL
51See
52.Sy LOCKING
53in
54.Xr libproc 3LIB .
55.Sh SEE ALSO
56.Xr ps 1 ,
57.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
58.Xr Prelease 3PROC ,
59.Xr proc 5
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