[python-win32] How can I check that a process is already running ?

[Bob Gailer]

REVISE THAT TO NT4 TERMINAL SERVICES.

At 01:31 AM 6/3/2003 +0100, CPH wrote:
>I want to check to see if a process called "openoffice" is already
>running, how can I do this using python ?

At least on NT4 this works. I get various and unpredictable responses on 
Win 2K.:

cmd = os.popen('query process')
x = cmd.readlines()
for y in x:
   p = y.find('openoffice')
   if p >= 0: # process running

If you want the one line version:

if ''.join(os.popen('query process').readlines()).find('openoffice') >= 0:

Bob Gailer
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