I want to check out the source code for commands such as ps. It seems to be impossible to search LXR (linux.no) for "ps". Where do I find it?
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Ps belongs to procps-ng, git repository is here
To fetch it,
git clone https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps.git
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Hi warl0ck, so I am interested in how it gets included in every Linux build I used. Is it precompiled? I would like to take a look at the source code and modify it Sep 19, 2012 at 1:50
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1I think gitorious.org/procps/procps.git is outdated. Probably it has been moved to gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/-/wikis/home, but I can't find a reliable source which proves that this is the right one. Here is the old link too fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/procps-ng.– lumbricJan 8, 2020 at 15:29
Check procps or procps-ng (the latter is used by Debian/Fedora/openSUSE/Arch and other distros).
procps is the package that has a bunch of small useful utilities that give information about processes using the /proc filesystem. The package includes the programs ps, top, vmstat, w, kill, free, slabtop, and skill.
which looks unmaintained and was forked into procps-ng
Debian, Fedora and openSUSE fork of procps. For more information about the former upstream see http://procps.sourceforge.net.
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Renan, I understand.. but where would I find this in Linux source tree? Sep 19, 2012 at 1:42
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1@TheLegassis it is not in the Linux source tree (it's userland, not kernel stuff). To get the source code go to the links I gave.– RenanSep 19, 2012 at 2:18
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Alright, how does ps get the process information? Through /proc directory or does it use a system call? Sep 19, 2012 at 2:21
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2For that type of question, it would be best to just look at the source. Sep 19, 2012 at 3:01
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1If you want to know how programs obtain information about the system you can use
strace.– KotteSep 19, 2012 at 6:36