[oclug] how to get a process's tty

[Roger Messier]

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 06:17:15 -0400 "Francis J. A. Pinteric"
<linuxdoctor at linuxdoctor.biz> wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks Francis, but since my program runs with my uid, that doesn't
> > work for processes owned by users other than me.  The program
> > doesn't have read permissions for processes owned by other users.
> > 
> 
> Hmm, you're right. I wonder how ps does it? You can always track
> down the source code for ps and see. Then again, unless you can't use
> shell language, you can always try this:
> 
> [fja at localhost proc]$ ps | awk -- '{ print $1 " " $2}'
> PID TTY
> 2589 pts/3
> 21179 pts/3
> 21180 pts/3
> 

I can't use any shell utilities.  It has to be written in C.  I've been
reading the source code for ps and top, but I'm having a hard time
understanding it, and I'm running out of time.  So I guess I'll just
stick with my current method.

Thanks anyways.
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