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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
.Dt PFIND 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pfind ,
.Nm pgfind
.Nd find process / process group by number
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/cdefs.h>
.Fd #include <sys/proc.h>
.Ft "struct proc *"
.Fn pfind "pid_t pid"
.Ft "struct pgrp *"
.Fn pgfind "pid_t pgid"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pfind
and
.Fn pgfind
functions retrieve process and progress group structures from process and
process group IDs.
.Pp
Both functions return
.Dv NULL
if the requested ID can't be found.
.Sh CODE REFERENCES
Those functions are implemented in the file
.Pa sys/kern/kern_proc.c .