Top "Pid" questions

In computing, the process identifier (normally referred to as the process ID or just PID) is a number used by most operating system kernels (such as that of UNIX, Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows) to (temporarily) uniquely identify a process.

What is the PID in the host, of a process running inside a Docker container?

There are several processes running in a Docker container, their PIDs are isolated in the container namespace, is there a …

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Get the pid of the shell script and save it into a lockfile

I do my backups with rsnapshot which creates a lockfile with the process pid inside. Now I would like to …

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Get process name by PID

This should be simple, but I'm just not seeing it. If I have a process ID, how can I use …

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docker container won't start because an existing pid file

When I start a docker container it fails because an existing pid file: [root@newhope sergio]# docker logs sharp_shockley …

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Linux PID recycling

Is there any policy in Linux as to the recycling of used PIDs ? I mean, if a PId has been …

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Can someone explain the structure of a Pid (Process Identifier) in Erlang?

Can someone explain the structure of a Pid in Erlang? Pids looks like this : <A.B.C> , e.…

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android studio open debug mode when app is running

How can open debug mode when application is running on android studio., My application is appearing on -Android Device Monitor- …

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How to tie a network connection to a PID without using lsof or netstat?

Is there a way to tie a network connection to a PID (process ID) without forking to lsof or netstat? …

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Identify the files opened a particular process on linux

I need a script to identify the files opened a particular process on linux To identify fd : >cd /proc/&…

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killing Parent process along with child process using SIGKILL

I am writing one shell script in which I have parent process and it has child processes which are created …

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