Determine Process Info Programmatically in Darwin/OSX

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Process info comes from pidinfo:

cristi:~ diciu$ grep proc_pidinfo /usr/include/libproc.h

int proc_pidinfo(int pid, int flavor, uint64_t arg,  void *buffer, int buffersize);

cpu load comes from host_statistics:

cristi:~ diciu$ grep -r host_statistics /usr/include/

/usr/include/mach/host_info.h:/* host_statistics() */

/usr/include/mach/mach_host.defs:routine host_statistics(

/usr/include/mach/mach_host.h:/* Routine host_statistics */

/usr/include/mach/mach_host.h:kern_return_t host_statistics

For more details, check out sources for top and lsof, they are open source (you need to register as an Apple developer but that’s free of charge):

https://opensource.apple.com/source/top/top-111.20.1/libtop.c.auto.html

Later edit: All these interfaces are version specific, so you need to take that into account when writing production code (libproc.h):

/*
 * This header file contains private interfaces to obtain process information.
 * These interfaces are subject to change in future releases.
 */

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