How to read all background processes from /proc directory?
I want to get the list of all background processes running in the OS. job command does the work. But I am using C to do the task. Main problem is how to distinguish background processes from the foreground processes using the status file in /proc/{pid}.
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I want to get the list of all background processes running in the OS. job command does the work. But I am using C to do the task. Main problem is how to distinguish background processes from the foreground processes using the status file in /proc/{pid}.
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I want to get the list of all background processes running in the OS. job command does the work. But I am using C to do the task. Main problem is how to distinguish background processes from the foreground processes using the status file in /proc/{pid}.
linux process c
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I want to get the list of all background processes running in the OS. job command does the work. But I am using C to do the task. Main problem is how to distinguish background processes from the foreground processes using the status file in /proc/{pid}.
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