I need a C/C++ API that allows me to list the running processes on a Linux system, and list the files each process has open. I do not want to end up reading the /proc/ file system directly. Can anyone think of a way to do this?

I am looking for a way to get the output of a command when it is run from within a C++ program. I have looked at using the system() function, but that will just execute a command. Here's an example of what I'm looking for: std::string result = system("....

I'm trying to get the process handle of, say example.exe, so I can call TerminateProcess on it. How can I do this? Notice, it doesn't have a window so FindWindow won't work.

I am currently writing a very lightweight program so I have to use C++ since it is not bound to .NET framework which drastically increases size of the program. I need to be able to terminate process and to do that I need to get a process handle. Unfortu...

This is concerning Windows XP processes. I have a process running, let's call it Process1. Process1 creates a new process, Process2, and saves its id. Now, at some point Process1 wants Process2 to do something, so it first needs to make sure that Proces...

How can I kill some active processes by searching for their .exe filenames in C# .NET or C++?

How can I kill some active processes by searching for their .exe filenames in C# .NET or C++?

How to check if a program is running, by its name, with Qt (C++). Will QProcess::pid do the job? I don't know how to use it. Please suggest.

I'm designing a multilevel queue process simulator in C++ but I've got a problem when trying to implement several queues (my queues are vectors).So, "multilevel" is a 4 elements array (not vector). Inside each of those elements there is a vector (type t_P...