code of ps command

code of ps command

[Naveen Kumar Pagidimarri]

Hai All,
    
	      
      please help me out to find the source code of ps command or 

	tell me the source where i can get the information about the		
	    
      
      data structures/related system calls used for the 

  implementation of the ps command.


 thank u all in advance for the interest u have shown in me.


 thank u

naveen

Re: code of ps command

[Julien Laganier]

Naveen Kumar Pagidimarri wrote:
> 
> Hai All,
> 
> 
>       please help me out to find the source code of ps command or
> 
>         tell me the source where i can get the information about the
> 
> 
>       data structures/related system calls used for the
> 
>   implementation of the ps command.
> 
>  thank u all in advance for the interest u have shown in me.
> 
>  thank u
> 
> naveen

You can get the sourcecode of ps in
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/admin/psmisc_19.orig.tar.gz

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Re: code of ps command

[Reza Roboubi]

Naveen Kumar Pagidimarri wrote:

>         tell me the source where i can get the information about the
>
>
>       data structures/related system calls used for the
>
>   implementation of the ps command.

The ps command probably reads ALL or most of the info it needs from the /proc
directory.  The proc filesystem is a virtual filesystem implemented by the
kernel.