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diff --git a/share/man/man9/pfind.9 b/share/man/man9/pfind.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5a3f5ca --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/pfind.9 @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Evan Sarmiento. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 11, 2001 +.Dt PFIND 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pfind , zpfind +.Nd locate a process by number +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/param.h +.In sys/proc.h +.Ft "struct proc *" +.Fn pfind "pid_t pid" +.Ft "struct proc *" +.Fn zpfind "pid_t pid" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn pfind +takes a +.Fa pid +as its argument and returns a pointer to the +.Vt proc +structure whose PID is specified in the argument only if the +.Fa pid +is on the +.Va allproc +list. +.Pp +.Fn zpfind +takes a +.Fa pid +as its argument. +If +.Fn zpfind +finds a process whose PID is equal to that of argument +and is a zombie process, meaning that it must reside on the +.Va zombproc +list, +.Fn zpfind +returns a pointer to that +.Vt proc +structure. +.Pp +Both +.Fn pfind +and +.Fn zpfind +lock the +.Vt proc +structure that is returned using +.Fn PROC_LOCK "p" . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Fn pfind +and +.Fn zpfind +return a pointer to a +.Vt proc +structure on success and a +.Dv NULL +on failure. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pgfind 9 +.Sh AUTHORS +This manual page was written by +.An Evan Sarmiento Aq Mt kaworu@sektor7.ath.cx . |