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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PROC_GET_STATUS 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm proc_get_pstatus
19.Nd get process status information
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft int
24.Fo proc_get_pstatus
25.Fa "pid_t pid"
26.Fa "pstatus_t *psp"
27.Fc
28.Sh DESCRIPTION
29The
30.Fn proc_get_pstatus
31function is a convenient way to read the /proc status file for the
32process
33.Fa pid .
34The status information of the process will be filled into
35.Fa psp .
36The definition of the
37.Sy pstatus_t
38structure may be found in
39.Xr proc 4 .
40.Sh RETURN VALUES
41Upon successful completion, the
42.Fn proc_get_pstatus
43function returns
44.Sy 0 .
45Otherwise,
46.Sy -1
47is returned to indicate an error occurred.
48.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
49.Sy Uncommitted
50.Sh MT-LEVEL
51.Sy MT-Safe
52.Sh SEE ALSO
53.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
54.Xr proc 4
55