NAME

Proc::ProcessTable::Process - Perl process objects

SYNOPSIS

$process->kill(9);
$process->priority(19);
$process->pgrp(500);
$uid = $process->uid;
...

DESCRIPTION

This is a stub module to provide OO process attribute access for Proc::ProcessTable. Proc::ProcessTable::Process objects are constructed directly by Proc::ProcessTable; there is no constructor method, only accessors.

METHODS

kill

Sends a signal to the process; just an aesthetic wrapper for perl's kill. Takes the signal (name or number) as an argument. Returns number of processes signalled.

priority

Get/set accessor; if called with a numeric argument, attempts to reset the process's priority to that number using perl's <B>setpriority function. Returns the process priority.

pgrp

Same as above for the process group.

all other methods...

are simple accessors that retrieve the process attributes for which they are named. Currently supported are:

uid         UID of process
gid         GID of process
euid        effective UID of process           (Solaris only)
egid        effective GID of process           (Solaris only)
pid         process ID
ppid        parent process ID
pgrp        process group
sess        session ID
priority    priority of process
ttynum      tty number of process
flags       flags of process
minflt      minor page faults                  (Linux only)
cminflt     child minor page faults            (Linux only)
majflt      major page faults                  (Linux only)
cmajflt     child major page faults            (Linux only)
utime       user mode time (1/100s of seconds) (Linux only)
stime       kernel mode time                   (Linux only)
cutime      child utime                        (Linux only)
cstime      child stime                        (Linux only)
time        user + system time                 
ctime       child user + system time
size        virtual memory size (bytes)
rss         resident set size (bytes)
wchan       address of current system call 
fname       file name
start       start time (seconds since the epoch)
pctcpu      percent cpu used since process started
state       state of process
pctmem      percent memory
cmndline    full command line of process
ttydev      path of process's tty

See the "README.osname" files in the distribution for more information.

AUTHOR

D. Urist, durist@world.std.com

SEE ALSO

Proc::ProcessTable.pm, perl(1).