Checks whether a process is running — ps_is_running • ps

It returns FALSE if the process has already finished.

Usage

ps_is_running(p = ps_handle())

Arguments

p: Process handle.

Value

Logical scalar.

Details

It uses the start time of the process to work around pid reuse. I.e.

See also

Other process handle functions: ps_children(), ps_cmdline(), ps_connections(), ps_cpu_times(), ps_create_time(), ps_cwd(), ps_descent(), ps_environ(), ps_exe(), ps_handle(), ps_interrupt(), ps_kill(), ps_memory_info(), ps_name(), ps_num_fds(), ps_num_threads(), ps_open_files(), ps_pid(), ps_ppid(), ps_resume(), ps_send_signal(), ps_shared_libs(), ps_status(), ps_suspend(), ps_terminal(), ps_terminate(), ps_uids(), ps_username()

Examples

p <- ps_handle()
p
#> <ps::ps_handle> PID=6442, NAME=R, AT=2024-03-20 12:34:00.88
ps_is_running(p)
#> [1] TRUE