sastradhar
Programmer
Using the perl system command I am starting a process. I want to know how I can get hold of the process Id so that I can kill that process later.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
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Unix Process Id
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raider2001
Technical User
Run 'perldoc perlfunc' and heck out the fork and waitpid functions.
To get the PID of your process stick a use Proc:
rocessTable statement at the top of your program. I can't remember off hand how to get the info you want but I DO remember that the documentation for the module explains it's use very well.
greadey
rocessTable statement at the top of your program. I can't remember off hand how to get the info you want but I DO remember that the documentation for the module explains it's use very well.greadey
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