pid 0.9

NAME

pid - Process Identification Utilities

SYNOPSIS

OS: Windows 95,95,ME, 2000, XP (not NT)
package require Tcl 8
package require pid 0.9
::pid::ps List processes by executable name and PID
::pid::kill kill process by PID

DESCRIPTION

This package gives TCL programmers the functionality of 'ps' and 'kill' on a Windows® OS.

This document describes the procedures and explains their usage.

PROCEDURES

This package defines the following public procedures:
::pid::ps
Returns a list of two-element process lists. Each process list includes the executable name and PID (unsigned integer, decimal format) of that process.
::pid::kill pid
Kills the process corresponding to the given PID (unsigned integer, decimal format)

EXAMPLE

Get the current list of processes, ensuring that all names are lowercase for consistency:

  
set psList [string tolower [pid::ps]]

Kill all instances of IEXPLORE.EXE: 

  
foreach {i} $psList {
    set pName [lindex $i 0]
    set pid   [lindex $i 1]
    if { [string match *iexplore* $pName] } {
        puts "Killing closed-source browser process '$pName'"
        pid::kill $pid
    }
}

KEYWORDS

process, windows, pid, ps, kill

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2002 by
Edwin A. Suominen
Author of the PRIVARIA Secure Networking Suite
OSI-Approved Open-Source Software available at www.privaria.org

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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