Larry W. Virden wrote:
> I certainly know there is a parent process id in the output of ps.
> However, in many cases, that info is less than useless (when the
> parent process is gone, for instance).
>
> What I need is some code I can put into ksh script abc so that it can
> output the name of the process which started it.
>
> Are there either existing tools, or techniques, by which this
> information could be derived?

How about

ps -p $PPID


Janis

>
> I'm currently in an environment where Solaris 8/9/10 are all in use,
> and the script is written in ksh88i
>
> Thanks!
>