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Re: RFC: A new module to help avoid running multiple instances of the same script (via cron, for example)by atcroft (Abbot) |
on Dec 02, 2009 at 19:59 UTC ( [id://810670]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
On *nix systems, if you know the pid of the process in question, you can also send it a signal 0, and check the results. Might be helpful....
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