process_tree

Calling

process_tree exposes a single function that can be called in two ways

Single Callback

process_tree(cb) @cb(err, processes)

Pass/Fail

process_tree(pass, fail) @pass(processes) @fail(err)

processes array

The callbacks return a processes array, each process object is in the index which corresponds to its process id. Any id's for which there are no processes will return undefined.

process object

A process has the following properties

• id :
  • the process id
• parent : |
  • if the parent is not an active process it returns the process id of the parent, otherwise it returns the process object of the parent
• user :
  • UID of the owner
• cpu_percent :
  • cpu percentage in use by the process (not including children). Accurate to one tenth of a percent
• children_cpu :
  • total cpu percentage in use by the process' decsendents (not including the process). Accurate to one tenth of a percent
• mem_percent :
  • memory percentage in use by the process (not including children). Accurate to one tenth of a percent
• children_mem :
  • total memory percentage in use by the process' decsendents (not including the process). Accurate to one tenth of a percent
• command :
  • the command used to invoke the process
• children : []
  • An array of all the processes that declare this process as their parent