Access to background process's /proc

MonikaGShah

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Generally, /proc do not display folder for background processes.

How can I view /proc/[pid]/stat for background processes?
I would like to use in a program to get complete system information
 


Hello @MonikaGShah

You can try
Code:
readlink -e /proc/<PID>/cwd

or

Code:
lsof -p <PID> | grep cwd

to find out the current working directory (CWD) of a running process .
 
Sir,
it is not showing directory in /proc for such processes.
All processes returned by 'ps -A' does not have directory in /proc.
 

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