How to trap the event of a new process starting with wmi

[gel]

placid wrote:

> gel wrote:
> > gel wrote:
> >
> > > Below is how it is down with vbscript.  What is the best way to convert
> > > this to python?
> > >
> > > strComputer = "."
> > > Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
> > >     & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer &
> > > "\root\cimv2")
> > > Set colMonitoredProcesses = objWMIService. _
> > >     ExecNotificationQuery("select * from __instancecreationevent " _
> > >         & " within 1 where TargetInstance isa 'Win32_Process'")
> > > i = 0
> > >
> > > Do While i = 0
> > >     Set objLatestProcess = colMonitoredProcesses.NextEvent
> > >     Wscript.Echo objLatestProcess.TargetInstance.Name
> > > Loop
> >
> > A better question might be is there a method or guide for converting
> > from vbs wmi to python wmi?
>
> Dont know about converting vbs to python but using Tim Golden's wmi
> module to trap the event of a new process starting is easy.
>
> wmi module can be found at http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi.html
>
> >>>  import wmi
> >>>  c = wmi.WMI()
> >>>  watcher = c.watch_for (
> >>>       notification_type="Creation"
> >>>       wmi_class="Win32_Process"
> >>>       delay_secs=2,
> >>>       Name='calc.exe'
> >>>  )
> >>>  calc_created = watcher ()
> >>>  print calc_created
>
> and if you want to trap closing down of processes then change
> notification_type to "Deletion"
>
>
> -Cheers

Great, thanks for that, where did you find details on using it.  I am
already using it for another part, but could not find information on
watching processes start and stop.