ppid subcommand

The ppid subcommand displays the process entry belonging to a process.

Format

ppid [[-h | -d ]pid]

Parameters

Item Description
-h Specifies that the pid parameter is in hexadecimal.
-d Specifies that the pid parameter is in decimal.
pid Specifies the process ID for which you want to display the process entry. This value must be a decimal or a hexadecimal value as specified by the -h or -d options, or as required by the hexadecimal_wanted toggle specified with the set subcommand. If no process ID is specified, the process table entry for the current process is displayed.

Other

pr_pid

Examples

The following is an example of how to use the ppid subcommand:

KDB(0)> ppid 03C88
              SLOT NAME     STATE    PID  PPID  PGRP   UID  ADSPACE  CL #THS

pvproc+007800   60 ksh      ACTIVE 03C88 00001 03C88 00000 000E01BC   0 0001

NAME....... ksh
STATE...... stat  :07  .... xstat :0000
FLAGS...... flag  :00200001 LOAD EXECED
........... flag2 :00000000
........... atomic :00040000 ORPHANPGRP
LINKS...... child      :00000000
........... siblings   :E2005400 <pvproc+005400>
........... uidinfo    :0055C240
........... ganchor    :E2007800 <pvproc+007800>
THREAD..... threadlist :EA003100 <pvthread+003100>
DISPATCH... synch      :FFFFFFFF
AACCT...... projid     :00000000  ........... sprojid    :00000000
........... subproj    :0000000000000000
........... file id    :0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000
........... flags      :0000
WLM........ class/wlm  :00/0000
........... time of SIGTERM:00000000 
........... wlm_nvpages      :0000000000000000  0
...

KDB(0)> ppid -d 6996
              SLOT NAME     STATE    PID  PPID  PGRP   UID  ADSPACE  CL #THS

pvproc+003600   27 errdemon ACTIVE 01B54 00001 01B54 00000 00008161   0 0001

NAME....... errdemon
STATE...... stat  :07  .... xstat :0000
FLAGS...... flag  :00000401 LOAD SIGNOCHLD
........... flag2 :02600000 INHERITED
........... atomic :00040000 ORPHANPGRP
...