ps_descent: Query the ancestry of a process

In ps: List, Query, Manipulate System Processes

Query the ancestry of a process

Description

Query the parent processes recursively, up to the first process. (On some platforms, like Windows, the process tree is not a tree and may contain loops, in which case ps_descent() only goes up until the first repetition.)

Usage

ps_descent(p = ps_handle())

Arguments

p	Process handle.

Value

A list of process handles, starting with p, each one is the parent process of the previous one.

See Also

Other process handle functions: ps_children(), ps_cmdline(), ps_connections(), ps_cpu_times(), ps_create_time(), ps_cwd(), ps_environ(), ps_exe(), ps_handle(), ps_interrupt(), ps_is_running(), ps_kill(), ps_memory_info(), ps_name(), ps_num_fds(), ps_num_threads(), ps_open_files(), ps_pid(), ps_ppid(), ps_resume(), ps_send_signal(), ps_shared_libs(), ps_status(), ps_suspend(), ps_terminal(), ps_terminate(), ps_uids(), ps_username()

Examples

ps_descent()

ps documentation built on April 12, 2025, 5:08 p.m.