processman - Tool for automating the period callback of commands
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Category
System
Commands
::processman::find_exename
Locate an executable by the name of name in the system path. On windows, also add the .exe
extention if not given.
::processman::killid
Kill a child process id.
::processman::kill_all
Kill all processes spawned by this program
::processman::killexename
Kill a process identified by the executable. On Unix, this triggers a killall. On windows,
twapi::get_process_ids is used to map a name one or more IDs, which are then killed.
::processman::onexitidcmd
Arrange to execute the script cmd when this programe detects that process id as terminated.
::processman::priorityidlevel
Mark process id with the priorty level. Valid levels: low, high, default.
On Unix, the process is tagged using the nice command.
On Windows, the process is modifed via the twapi::set_priority_class::processman::process_list
Return a list of processes that have been triggered by this program, as well as a boolean flag to
indicate if the process is still running.
::processman::process_listid
Return true if process id is still running, false otherwise.
::processman::spawnidcmdargs
Start a child process, identified by id. cmd is the name of the command to execute. args are
arguments to pass to that command.
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2015 Sean Woods <yoda@etoyoc.com>
tcllib 0.8 processman(3tcl)
Description
The processman package provides a Pure-tcl set of utilities to manage child processes in a platform-
generic nature.
Keywords
odie, processman
Name
processman - Tool for automating the period callback of commands
Synopsis
package require Tcl8.59
package require twapi3.1
package require cron1.1
package require processman?0.8?::processman::find_exename::processman::killid::processman::kill_all::processman::killexename::processman::onexitidcmd::processman::priorityidlevel::processman::process_list::processman::process_listid::processman::spawnidcmdargs
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