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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PSTATUS 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Pstatus
19.Nd obtain process status structure
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft "const pstatus_t *"
24.Fo Pstatus
25.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
26.Fc
27.Sh DESCRIPTION
28The
29.Fn Pstatus
30function returns the status information about the process handle
31.Fa P .
32The
33.Sy pstatus_t
34structure is defined in
35.Xr proc 4
36and contains information about the process including its flags, the
37number of threads, the size of the stack, and more.
38.Pp
39The returned pointer is only valid as long as the process handle
40.Fa P
41is valid. After a call to
42.Xr Prelease 3PROC ,
43the returned data pointer is invalid.
44.Sh RETURN VALUES
45The
46.Fn Pstatus
47function always returns a pointer to the process's status.
48.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
49.Sy Uncommitted
50.Sh MT-LEVEL
51See
52.Sy LOCKING
53in
54.Xr libproc 3LIB .
55.Sh SEE ALSO
56.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
57.Xr Prelease 3PROC ,
58.Xr proc 4
59