R: List, Query, Manipulate System Processes

# List, Query, Manipulate System Processes

## Documentation for package ‘ps’ version 1.5.0

- DESCRIPTION file.

## Help Pages

as.character.ps_handle | Create a process handle
CleanupReporter | testthat reporter that checks if child processes are cleaned up in tests
errno | List of 'errno' error codes
format.ps_handle | Create a process handle
print.ps_handle | Create a process handle
ps | Process table
ps_boot_time | Boot time of the system
ps_children | 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.
ps_cmdline | Command line of the process
ps_connections | List network connections of a process
ps_cpu_count | Number of logical or physical CPUs
ps_cpu_times | CPU times of the process
ps_create_time | Start time of a process
ps_cwd | Process current working directory as an absolute path.
ps_descent | Query the ancestry of a process
ps_disk_partitions | List all mounted partitions
ps_disk_usage | Disk usage statistics, per partition
ps_environ | Environment variables of a process
ps_environ_raw | Environment variables of a process
ps_exe | Full path of the executable of a process
ps_find_tree | Mark a process and its (future) child tree
ps_get_nice | Get or set the priority of a process
ps_gids | User ids and group ids of the process
ps_handle | Create a process handle
ps_interrupt | Interrupt a process
ps_is_running | Checks whether a process is running
ps_is_supported | Query the type of the OS
ps_kill | Kill a process
ps_kill_tree | Mark a process and its (future) child tree
ps_mark_tree | Mark a process and its (future) child tree
ps_memory_info | Memory usage information
ps_name | Process name
ps_num_fds | Number of open file descriptors
ps_num_threads | Number of threads
ps_open_files | Open files of a process
ps_os_type | Query the type of the OS
ps_parent | Parent pid or parent process of a process
ps_pid | Pid of a process handle
ps_pids | Ids of all processes on the system
ps_ppid | Parent pid or parent process of a process
ps_resume | Resume (continue) a stopped process
ps_send_signal | Send signal to a process
ps_set_nice | Get or set the priority of a process
ps_shared_libs | List the dynamically loaded libraries of a process
ps_shared_lib_users | List all processes that loaded a shared library
ps_status | Current process status
ps_suspend | Suspend (stop) the process
ps_system_memory | Statistics about system memory usage
ps_system_swap | System swap memory statistics
ps_terminal | Terminal device of the process
ps_terminate | Terminate a Unix process
ps_tty_size | Query the size of the current terminal
ps_uids | User ids and group ids of the process
ps_username | Owner of the process
ps_users | List users connected to the system
ps_windows_nice_values | Get or set the priority of a process
signals | List of all supported signals
with_process_cleanup | Mark a process and its (future) child tree