How o acheive this in C++

[Alex Vinokur]

"Lalit Seth" <laalit_seth@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:BAY2-F24coCru4efxId000194d6@hotmail.com...
> Hi,
>
> 1) how do i get the PID from a process of which i know the name only
>
> 2) how can i send a signal to a process of which I have the PID
>
> I wanted this information from C++ Code not from shell.
>
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Via popen().

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