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KVM_GETPROCS(3)		  OpenBSD Programmer's Manual	       KVM_GETPROCS(3)

NAME
     kvm_getprocs, kvm_getargv, kvm_getenvv, kvm_getproc2, kvm_getargv2,
     kvm_getenvv2 - access user process state

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/sysctl.h>
     #include <kvm.h>

     struct kinfo_proc *
     kvm_getprocs(kvm_t *kd, int op, int arg, int *cnt);

     char **
     kvm_getargv(kvm_t *kd, const struct kinfo_proc *p, int nchr);

     char **
     kvm_getenvv(kvm_t *kd, const struct kinfo_proc *p, int nchr);

     struct kinfo_proc2 *
     kvm_getproc2(kvm_t *kd, int op, int arg, size_t elemsize, int *cnt);

     char **
     kvm_getargv2(kvm_t *kd, const struct kinfo_proc2 *p, int nchr);

     char **
     kvm_getenvv2(kvm_t *kd, const struct kinfo_proc2 *p, int nchr);

DESCRIPTION
     kvm_getprocs() returns a (sub-)set of active processes in the kernel
     indicated by kd.  The op and arg arguments constitute a predicate which
     limits the set of processes returned.  The value of op describes the
     filtering predicate as follows:

	   KERN_PROC_KTHREAD	 all processes (user-level plus kernel
				 threads)
	   KERN_PROC_ALL	 all user-level processes
	   KERN_PROC_PID	 processes with process ID arg
	   KERN_PROC_PGRP	 processes with process group arg
	   KERN_PROC_SESSION	 processes with session arg
	   KERN_PROC_TTY	 processes with tty(4) arg
	   KERN_PROC_UID	 processes with effective user ID arg
	   KERN_PROC_RUID	 processes with real user ID arg

     The number of processes found is returned in the reference parameter cnt.
     The processes are returned as a contiguous array of kinfo_proc
     structures, the definition for which is available in <sys/sysctl.h>.
     This memory is locally allocated, and subsequent calls to kvm_getprocs()
     and kvm_close() will overwrite this storage.

     kvm_getargv() returns a null-terminated argument vector that corresponds
     to the command line arguments passed to process indicated by p.  Most
     likely, these arguments correspond to the values passed to exec(3) on
     process creation.	This information is, however, deliberately under
     control of the process itself.  Note that the original command name can
     be found, unaltered, in the p_comm field of the process structure
     returned by kvm_getprocs().

     The nchr argument indicates the maximum number of characters, including
     null bytes, to use in building the strings.  If this amount is exceeded,
     the string causing the overflow is truncated and the partial result is
     returned.	This is handy for programs like ps(1) and w(1) that print only
     a one line summary of a command and should not copy out large amounts of
     text only to ignore it.  If nchr is zero, no limit is imposed and all
     argument strings are returned in their entirety.

     The memory allocated to the argv pointers and string storage is owned by
     the kvm(3) library.  Subsequent kvm_getprocs() and kvm_close(3) calls
     will clobber this storage.

     The kvm_getenvv() function is similar to kvm_getargv() but returns the
     vector of environment strings.  This data is also alterable by the
     process.

     kvm_getproc2() is similar to kvm_getprocs() but returns an array of
     kinfo_proc2 structures.  Additionally, only the first elemsize bytes of
     each array entry are returned.  If the size of the kinfo_proc2 structure
     increases in size in a future release of OpenBSD, the kernel will only
     return the requested amount of data for each array entry and programs
     that use kvm_getproc2() will continue to function without the need for
     recompilation.

     The kvm_getargv2() and kvm_getenvv2() functions are equivalents to the
     kvm_getargv() and kvm_getenvv() functions that use a kinfo_proc2
     structure to specify the process.

RETURN VALUES
     kvm_getprocs(), kvm_getargv(), kvm_getenvv(), kvm_getproc2(),
     kvm_getargv2(), and kvm_getenvv2() all return NULL on failure.

SEE ALSO
     kvm(3), kvm_close(3), kvm_geterr(3), kvm_nlist(3), kvm_open(3),
     kvm_openfiles(3), kvm_read(3), kvm_write(3)

BUGS
     These routines do not belong in the kvm(3) interface.

OpenBSD 4.9			 May 31, 2007			   OpenBSD 4.9
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