[#BloombergLP-bdls-ProcessUtil]
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This `struct` contains utility methods for platform‐independent process operations.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_processutil.h>`

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struct ProcessUtil;
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== Static Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/ProcessUtil/getPathToExecutable.adoc[`getPathToExecutable`] 
| Set `*result` to a path with which the executable can be accessed (which may bear no relation to the command line used to begin this process). Return 0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise. On failure, `*result` will not be modified. Note that the returned value of `*result` may not correspond to the value of `argv[0]` passed to `main`. Some systems provide more reliable alternatives, such as through the "/proc" file system.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/ProcessUtil/getProcessId.adoc[`getProcessId`] 
| Return the system specific process identifier for the currently running process.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/ProcessUtil/getProcessName.adoc[`getProcessName`] 
| Load the system specific process name for the currently running process into the specified `*result`. Return 0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise. The language in which `*result` is provided is unspecified; `*result` will be encoded as UTF‐8, but might not be normalized. On failure, `*result` will be unmodified. Note that the primary purpose of this method is to provide an identifier for the current process, and `*result` may not be a valid path to the executable; to access the actual task file for the process use `getPathToExecutable` below.
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