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Re: PIOCPSINFO (proc) always EINVAL

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From: Dave Ciemiewicz
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 23:07
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In article <1993Jan6.181444.26115@pixar.com>, brighton@pixar.com (Bill Carson) writes:
|> Has anyone had any luck with the PIOCPSINFO ioctl?
|> According to the 4.0.5 proc(4) man page:
|> 
|> >          void *p;
|> >          retval = ioctl(fildes, code, p);
|> >
|> >     The argument p is a generic pointer whose type depends on the specific
|> >     ioctl code.  Where not specifically mentioned below, its value should be
|> >     zero.  <sys/procfs.h> contains definitions of ioctl codes and data
|> >     structures used by the operations.
|> > ...
|> >   PIOCPSINFO
|> >     This returns miscellaneous process information such as that reported by
|> >     ps(1).  p is a pointer to a prpsinfo structure containing at least the
|> >     following fields:
|> >

Unfortunately, the PIOCPSINFO ioctl is currently unimplemented, thus the
EINVAL error.  This will be remedied in the next major operating system
release but there are currently no plans to have it implemented as part
of the 4.0.5 series.
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From: ciemo@bananapc.csd.sgi.com (Dave Ciemiewicz)
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Subject: Re: PIOCPSINFO (proc) always EINVAL
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