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Is there a way to write an image to memory with Python and read it from another application written in C++?
I would like to create and write an image to the memory in such a way that other processes are able to read it. The goal is to have a Python script create some graph using matplotlib.pyplot, write it ...
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How to read/inspect variables of a binary at runtime?
Let's say we compile a C program (with debugging symbols) into a binary and run it. We now want to know the state of the variables inside of the process while it is running.
The most straight forward ...
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Is there a way to monitor computer memory for a file to be loaded and then execute a different process to act on the file?
System: Linux (Debian)
I would like to hash many large files (1 GB each, ~2 TB total) on my hard drive. However I do not want to spin my entire hard drive just to generate the hashes. Is there any way ...
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Is there a way to programatically obtain the Task Manager "Users" tab?
The Windows Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) has a Users tab that displays a table of user names, session status, total CPU % usage and total memory usage.
Is there a way to obtain this data programatically ...
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Multiple processes spawned when running Django runserver
Sometimes, When I run Django (ver 4.1.6) runserver and monitor the usage memory usage using htop I see that there multiple processes or threads spawned (see the below image).
The same thing doesn't ...
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Why variables are not stored in the process data area in Swift
I know that global variables, static variables, etc. are stored in the Data area of the process memory area.
But, I know that variables of type such as implemented in struct are stored in the stack.
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How to get cpu, memory used by a process launched via the Java process API?
Hi I need to start a Linux process from the Java API (ProcessBuilder.start()). Is there some way I can monitor this child process for memory, cpu usage etc? I will be starting more than one process at ...
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What would be an example of position-dependent code?
Position-dependent code is written to be loaded in, and run from, a particular physical address in memory. One of the problems that this type of code poses is that it hinders the processor's ...
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Python Forking in multiprocessing Process vs Pool
I came across this question:
I wanted to make use of forking and inheritance of memory-objects with python for efficient memory usage in a multiprocessing setting.
(This code example is not to ...
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How to get Private Working Set Memory for process in C++
I am interested in monitoring memory usage for a process, much like in the Task Manager, given the process ID on windwos platform. After reading this question and answers and reading up on the ...
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Whats the difference between open and native handle in c#
I am looking for the difference between
IntPtr handle_1 = process.Handle;
Gets the native handle of the associated process.
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static ...
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How to read data from ".data" section of a process?
So, as far as I understand from looking online, the .data section of the PE file contains the static and global variables of the program.
All I am trying to do is create a variable in Python, or write ...
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linux process exiting takes too long
Here is my problem, when I send kill command to my process, no matter kill -9 or kill -TERM, my process steps into zombie(defunct) stats which needs the father process to call waitpid to catch the ...
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Is it possible in Python to load a large object into memory with one process, and access it in separate independent processes?
I'm writing a program that requires running algorithms on a very large (~6GB) csv file, which is loaded with pandas using read_csv().
The issue I have now, is that anytime I tweak my algorithms and ...
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List Windows process memory handle
I would like to list all the memory blocks allocated within my own process. (GlobalAlloc, HeapAlloc, CoMemAlloc)
Memory address, size.
Possible?
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