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My C++ program needs to determine the name of a running process from its pid, without parsing the output from ps. &nbsp;How is this done?
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My C++ program needs to determine the name of a running process from its pid, without parsing the output from ps.  How is this done?

Process Name from PID

Kernel and system programming is the process of creating the software necessary for a computer or device to function and operate other programs. Some operating systems (such as Microsoft Windows) are proprietary, but others, such as the various Linux distributions, are open source.