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Re^3: Unix process number on a mac...

by Tuppence (Pilgrim)
on Mar 16, 2005 at 18:57 UTC ( [id://440094]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Unix process number on a mac...
in thread Unix process number on a mac...

Yes, your kill 0, $pid is indeed a much better solution.

The only reason to extract the PID with my solution is to check it against the PID that you have stored, which as you say isn't that great when we can just ask the system directly.

It still would have worked tho :)

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