How come pid files are used when pids can clash with an unrelated process?
41484
Ensure a single instance of an application in Linux
118497
How can I get a list of process IDs on the system under Linux?
61178
Differences in controlling daemons & applications
32398
Why different processes see different instances of the System32 folder?
24931
Is the localization of a PID a PID?
81396
Shared library mappings in /proc/pid/maps
102628
How do I read from /proc/$pid/mem under Linux?
106524
How many processes does this program create, including the initial parent process?
82058
Why do backgrounded processes sometimes stop spontaneously?
137379
How to get the PID of my script?
73227
How to block running two instances of the same program?
112250
Why gpedit and the corresponding registry entries are not synchronized?
28366
Is there a way of getting the process id of my C++ application?
13985
How to determine which process is creating a file?
108886
How does systemd use /etc/init.d scripts?
115854
How to identify the process that's sending error messages to terminal?
60421
Why do files sometimes change but not the inode or vice versa?