I like to use: if ( `ps -C $PROC |grep -q $PROC` ); then echo $PROC is running; fi
Doesn't use any temp files. On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 23:14, Michael Mueller wrote: > Added --no-header option below. > > I want to monitor the existance of a process. All I ever know is the name of > the process. I came up with the following: > > $ ps -C process_cmd_name --no-header > temp > $ ls -l temp > > if temp size is 0 then process does not exist else it does exist > > I was going to use the getsize function in the os.path module in Python for > the ls function above. > > Anybody think of another way to accomplish this? > > Thanks > -- > Mike M. > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
