[TriLUG] Re: correction: process monitoring

[James Manning]

> [Michael Mueller]
> Anybody think of another way to accomplish this?

killall -0 procname and check $?
pidof procname and check $? or check for output

jmm at xanex:/home/jmm> for i in bash xxx; do
> killall -q $i && echo There is a $i process running
> done
There is a bash process running
jmm at xanex:/home/jmm>

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