List of child processes (process objects) of the process. Note that this typically requires enumerating all processes on the system, so it is a costly operation.

List of child processes (process objects) of the process. Note that this typically requires enumerating all processes on the system, so it is a costly operation.

Usage

ps_children(p = ps_handle(), recursive = FALSE)

Arguments

p

Process handle.

recursive

Whether to include the children of the children, etc.

Value

List of ps_handle objects.

See also

Other process handle functions: 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(), ps_username()

Examples

p <- ps_parent(ps_handle())
ps_children(p)
#> [[1]]
#> <ps::ps_handle> PID=6015, NAME=R, AT=2024-10-29 08:51:51.83
#>