ps_username {ps}

Owner of the process

Description

The name of the user that owns the process. On Unix it is calculated from the real user id.

Usage

ps_username(p = ps_handle())

Arguments

p

Process handle.

Details

On Unix, a numeric uid id returned if the uid is not in the user database, thus a username cannot be determined.

Works for zombie processes.

Value

String scalar.

See Also

Other process handle functions: ps_children(), ps_cmdline(), ps_connections(), ps_cpu_times(), ps_create_time(), ps_cwd(), ps_descent(), ps_environ(), ps_exe(), ps_handle(), ps_interrupt(), ps_is_running(), ps_kill(), ps_memory_info(), ps_name(), ps_num_fds(), ps_num_threads(), ps_open_files(), ps_pid(), ps_ppid(), ps_resume(), ps_send_signal(), ps_shared_libs(), ps_status(), ps_suspend(), ps_terminal(), ps_terminate(), ps_uids()

Examples

p <- ps_handle()
p
ps_username(p)