function::target(3stap)

function::target3stap

Return the process id of the target process

Usage

    target:long()

Arguments

None

Overview

This function returns the process ID of the target process. This is useful in conjunction with the -x PID or -c CMD command-line options to stap. An example of its use is to create scripts that filter on a specific process.

-x <pid> target returns the pid specified by -x

-c <command> target returns the pid for the executed command specified by -c

See ALSO0

tapset::context(3stap)

Releases

8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13

From systemtap-doc 5.1-5 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.