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>.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Evan Sarmiento.
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>.Dd July 11, 2001
>.Os
>.Dt PFIND 9
>.Sh NAME
>.Nm pfind , zpfind
>.Nd locate a process by number
>.Sh SYNOPSIS
>.In sys/proc.h
>.Ft "struct proc *"
>.Fn pfind "pid_t pid"
>.Ft "struct proc *"
>.Fn zpfind "pid_t pid"
>.Sh DESCRIPTION
>.Fn pfind
>takes a
>.Fa pid
>as its argument and returns a pointer to the
>.Vt proc
>structure whose PID is specified in the argument.
>.Pp
>.Fn zpfind
>takes a
>.Fa pid
>as its argument.
>If
>.Fn zpfind
>finds a process whose PID is equal to that of argument
>and is a zombie process,
>.Fn zpfind
>returns a pointer to that
>.Vt proc
>structure.
>.Pp
>Both
>.Fn pfind
>and
>.Fn zpfind
>lock the
>.Vt proc
>structure that is returned using
>.Fn PROC_LOCK "p" .
>.Sh RETURN VALUES
>.Fn pfind
>and
>.Fn zpfind
>return a pointer to a
>.Vt proc
>structure on success and a
>.Dv NULL
>on failure.
>.Sh AUTHORS
>This man page was written by
>.An Evan Sarmiento .

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