enumerating processes

[Shane Geiger]

> I believe you are looking for os.getpid()
I apologize for providing that bit of incorrect info. 

It looks to me as if Python 1.5 had os.process which might have done 
what you wanted (although perhaps not in an OS-independent way).  I 
wonder why there isn't an OS-independent way to do that in Python now.

After having seen your message about tomcat.exe, I assume we are talking 
just about Windows.  ;-)  This looks like an excellent way to deal with 
processes on Windows:

# http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/wmi_cookbook.html#running_processes

# List all running processes

import wmi
c = wmi.WMI ()
for process in c.Win32_Process ():
  print process.ProcessId, process.Name


# List all running notepad processes

import wmi
c = wmi.WMI ()
for process in c.Win32_Process (name="notepad.exe"):
  print process.ProcessId, process.Name


# Create and then destroy a new notepad process

import wmi
c = wmi.WMI ()
process_id, return_value = c.Win32_Process.Create 
(CommandLine="notepad.exe")
for process in c.Win32_Process (ProcessId=process_id):
  print process.ProcessId, process.Name

result = process.Terminate ()







>
> 李现民 wrote:
>> hi ,all
>>    any one knows how to enumerate the current running processes , or 
>> how to obtain a specific process by its name or process id. I know I 
>> can do this in many  programming languages , but how in python? any 
>> one know?
>>  Thanks for any guidance.
>>
>> -- 
>> li xianmin
>>
>>            lixianmin at gmail.com <mailto:lixianmin at gmail.com> 
>

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Shane Geiger
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