How to find whether the proces is running or not?

[Sabiyur]

Hi All,
I am working on Windows platform.
Is there any way to find out whether the given process running?

( History: I am using WaitForSingleObject. People advised me the
WaitForSingleObject could hang if the process for which we are waiting
terminated earlier to calling WaitForSingleObject. So I am trying to
check whether the given process is running)


Thanks
Sabiyur

 

[Obnoxious User]

Sabiyur skrev:

Hi All,
I am working on Windows platform.
Is there any way to find out whether the given process running?

( History: I am using WaitForSingleObject. People advised me the
WaitForSingleObject could hang if the process for which we are waiting
terminated earlier to calling WaitForSingleObject. So I am trying to
check whether the given process is running)

Try

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175030

 

[James Kanze]

I am working on Windows platform.
Is there any way to find out whether the given process running?

( History: I am using WaitForSingleObject. People advised me the
WaitForSingleObject could hang if the process for which we are waiting
terminated earlier to calling WaitForSingleObject. So I am trying to
check whether the given process is running)

It depends on the system; Posix's waitpid(), for example, has a
WNOHANG option which effectively prevents blocking. On some
systems, you can set a timeout on the process wait, and setting
it to 0 effectively means to poll; this is the case for Window's
WaitForSingleObject, for example.

Otherwise, the classical solution is to spawn a separate thread,
and wait there.