Questions tagged [process]
This tag is about operating system processes. It may also refer to a specific construct on a given platform, e.g., the System.Diagnostics.Process class for .NET
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Alternative to 'truss -p' instruction
I am looking for a command in Unix that returns the status of a process(active, dead, sleeping, waiting for another process, etc.)
is there any available?
A shell script maybe?
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Why easyphp stop all apache processes on severals PC?
on some Windows PC, when I have both easyPHP and a standalone apache service configured on another network port and with a specific service name, I have a problem : when I stop easyphp, the other ...
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What is the best choice for .NET inter-process communication? [closed]
Should I use Named Pipes, or .NET Remoting to communicate with a running process on my machine?
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How to find and kill running Win-Processes from within Java?
I need a Java way to find a running Win process from which I know to name of the executable. I want to look whether it is running right now and I need a way to kill the process if I found it.
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What tools are there for timed batch processes in Java EE?
My employer just asked me to run a timed batch process in a Java EE WebSphere application they have running. It's supposed to run a certain class at 11:30 pm everyday.
I'm not very familiar with Java ...
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How to tell if a process is running on a mobile device
I have the handle of process 'A' on a Pocket PC 2003 device. I need to determine if that process is still running from process 'B'. Process 'B' is written in Embedded Visual C++ 4.0.
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Starting a process with inherited stdin/stdout/stderr in Java 6
If I start a process via Java's ProcessBuilder class, I have full access to that process's standard in, standard out, and standard error streams as Java InputStreams and OutputStreams. However, I can'...
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Better way of opening a Document from Java?
I've been using the following code to open Office Documents, PDF, etc. on my windows machines using Java and it's working fine, except for some reason when a filename has embedded it within it ...
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How to get a list of current open windows/process with Java?
Does any one know how do I get the current open windows or process of a local machine using Java?
What I'm trying to do is: list the current open task, windows or process open, like in Windows ...
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How do I automatically destroy child processes in Windows?
In C++ Windows app, I launch several long running child processes (currently I use CreateProcess(...) to do this.
I want the child processes to be automatically closed if my main processes crashes ...
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How does Google Chrome control/contain multiple processes?
How does Google Chrome command and control multiple cross platform processes and provide a shared window / rendering area?
Any insights?
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Handle signals in the Java Virtual Machine
Is it possible to handle POSIX signals within the Java Virtual Machine?
At least SIGINT and SIGKILL should be quite platform independent.
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How to check if a process is still running using Python on Linux? [duplicate]
The only nice way I've found is:
import sys
import os
try:
os.kill(int(sys.argv[1]), 0)
print "Running"
except:
print "Not running"
(Source)
But is this reliable? Does it ...
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Any way to write a Windows .bat file to kill processes? [closed]
Every time I turn on my company-owned development machine, I have to kill 10+ processes using the Task Manager or any other process management app just to get decent performance out of my IDE. Yes, ...
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Alternatives to System.exit(1)
For various reasons calling System.exit is frowned upon when writing Java Applications, so how can I notify the calling process that not everything is going according to plan?
Edit: The 1 is a ...
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