Getting a process ID

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  1. 01-09-2002 #1
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    Question Getting a process ID

    Does anyone know how to get a process ID of a process external to the C++
    program? I've found getpid() with returns the process ID of the calling
    process. But I want to get the ID of another program, if thats possible.

    Cheers

    Chris
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    c code

    http://www.pell.chi.il.us/~orc/Code/pidof.c
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