Process searching

[Oren_3]

Hello.
I have a problem identifying processes in a hp-ux 11 system.
I am writting a bash script which should search processes in the system and be sensiteve to different parameters which could be longer than 64 letters. (or full path of the program make it's description exsceed
max. size)
Since niether ps nor pstat() can extract more tahn 64 letters from the kernel, i seek different solutions.
I would really be glad to get some ideas.

Thanks, Oren.

[Armin Feller · Accepted solution]

There is a new pstat(2) function PSTAT_GETCOMMANDLINE used by ps '-x' option which returns a buffer up to 1024 chars for the command.

Regards,
Armin

[Armin Feller]

You need PHCO_26274 to get the new "-x" option:

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pstat(2) is enhanced to give command names upto 1024 bytes, a new option -x
is added to ps(1) to give command names up to 1024 bytes.
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Regrads,
Armin