HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 2 System Calls (vol 5)

pstat(2) pstat(2)

* Ask for multiple pathname information.

count = pstat_getmpathname(mpath_buf, sizeof(struct pst_mpathnode),

20, 0, &(psf.psf_id.psf_fsid));

if (count > 0) {

for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {

printf("component %d: %s\n",

i, mpath_buf[i].psr_name);

}

} else if (count == 0) {

printf("pathnames not found in system cache\n");

} else {

perror("pstat_getmpathname()");

}

} else {

perror("pstat_getfile2");

}

close(fd);

}

WARNINGS

Some parts of the program status may not get updated when a process becomes a zombie. An example is

that the cpu percentage is not updated because the process is not expected to be scheduled to run after

entering the zombie state.

AUTHOR

The pstat routines were developed by HP.

FILES

/usr/include/sys/pstat.h

Contains detailed descriptions of context data structures and ﬁelds.