parent_process

in chefctl/src/chefctl.rb [597:607]

• 10 lines of code
• 3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

      def parent_process(pid)
        out = shell_output("ps -o ppid -p #{pid}")
        ppid = -1
        out.each_line do |l|
          next if /PPID/ =~ l
          ppid = l.strip.to_i
        end
        fail "Couldn't determine ppid of #{pid}" if ppid == -1
        ppid
      end