[tor-bugs] Re: [Tor Bug Tracker] #1388: Error parsing PID from output of "ps"

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#1388: Error parsing PID from output of "ps"
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 Reporter:  anonymous  |        Type:  defect                        
   Status:  new        |    Priority:  normal                        
Milestone:             |   Component:  Android (Orbot)-Backend / Core
  Version:             |    Keywords:                                
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Comment(by atagar):

 Nathan: Hi, I'm not sure off hand what the issue is but arm runs into
 similar problems (needing to guess the tor process id). In my case I use
 ps as a last resort, doing the following:
 1. "pidof tor"
 2. "netstat -npl | grep 127.0.0.1:%s" % <tor control port>
 3. "ps -o pid -C tor"

 With pidof and ps I discard the results if there's multiple tor instances
 (since the second is the only one that'll account for the currently used
 control port). Hope this helps! -Damian

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