Linux API to list running processes?

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http://procps.sourceforge.net/

http://procps.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/procps/procps/proc/readproc.c?view=markup

Is the source of ps and other process tools. They do indeed use proc (indicating it is probably the conventional and best way). Their source is quite readable. The file

/procps-3.2.8/proc/readproc.c

May be useful. Also a useful suggestion as posted by ephemient is linking to the API provided by libproc, which should be available in your repo (or already installed I would say) but you will need the “-dev” variation for the headers and what-not.

Good Luck

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