Johny schrieb:
To get a number of the http processes running on my Linux( Debia box) I use ps -ef | grep "[h]ttpd" | wc -lBut If I want to use to get a number of the http processes from my Python program I must use a popen command e.g. popen2.popen3('ps -ef | grep "[h]ttpd" | wc -l') that is I must call an external command from Python.
The shell does the exact same thing. And by the way: i think you miss a grep -v grep after the first grep - otherwise you count the grep itself.
But it creates a zombie.
Try using the subprocess module. It should not require you to call wait yourself.
So my question is: Is it possible to get a number of the http processes running on Linux directly from Python ?
Not really, or at least not with less effort & without duplicating system tools functionality.
Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
