process.c File Reference

#include <uv.h>
#include "nvim/api/private/helpers.h"
#include "nvim/globals.h"
#include "nvim/log.h"
#include "nvim/os/os.h"
#include "nvim/os/os_defs.h"
#include "nvim/os/process.h"

Functions
bool	os_proc_tree_kill (int pid, int sig)
	Kills process group where pid is the process group leader. More...
int	os_proc_children (int ppid, int **proc_list, size_t *proc_count)
bool	os_proc_running (int pid)
	Return true if process pid is running. More...

Function Documentation

os_proc_children()

int os_proc_children	(	int	ppid,
		int **	proc_list,
		size_t *	proc_count
	)

Gets the process ids of the immediate children of process ppid.

Parameters

	ppid	Process to inspect.
	[out,allocated]	proc_list Child process ids.
[out]	proc_count	Number of child processes.

Returns

0 on success, 1 if process not found, 2 on other error.

os_proc_running()

bool os_proc_running

(

int

pid

)

Return true if process pid is running.

os_proc_tree_kill()

bool os_proc_tree_kill	(	int	pid,
		int	sig
	)

Kills process group where pid is the process group leader.

OS process functions

psutil is a good reference for cross-platform syscall voodoo: https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/tree/master/psutil/arch