Clear questions and runnable code get the best and fastest answer |
|
PerlMonks |
Re: Process Already Runningby andyford (Curate) |
on Sep 13, 2007 at 16:20 UTC ( [id://638845]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
One problem is that you can have other processes that match that aren't the one you're looking for. For example, say your editing a program in vi at the same time that you're trying to see if that program is running. Then your grep might erroneously return an unwanted positive.
non-Perl: Andy Ford
In Section
Seekers of Perl Wisdom
|
|