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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Test command in UNIX Post 302872595 by fpmurphy on Friday 8th of November 2013 08:14:55 PM
Old 11-08-2013
The test command does not output anything. It returns either TRUE or FALSE via its exit code, with 0 being TRUE and 1 being FALSE.
 

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proc_get_status

PROC_GET_STATUS(3)							 1							PROC_GET_STATUS(3)

proc_get_status - Get information about a process opened byproc_open(3)

SYNOPSIS

       array proc_get_status (resource	$process)

DESCRIPTION

       proc_get_status(3) fetches data about a process opened using proc_open(3).

PARAMETERS

	      o $process
		- The proc_open(3) resource that will be evaluated.

RETURN VALUES

	An array of collected information on success, and FALSE on failure. The returned array contains the following elements:

       +---------+--------------------------------------+---+
       |element  |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |		   type 		|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |	       description		|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       +---------+--------------------------------------+---+
       |command  |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |		  string		|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |  The  command string that was passed |   |
       |	 | to proc_open(3).			|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |  pid	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |		   int			|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |		process id		|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |running  |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |		   bool 		|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 | TRUE if the process	is  still  run- |   |
       |	 | ning, FALSE if it has terminated.	|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |signaled |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |		   bool 		|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 | TRUE  if  the child process has been |   |
       |	 | terminated by  an  uncaught	signal. |   |
       |	 | Always set to FALSE on Windows.	|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |stopped  |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |		   bool 		|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 | TRUE  if  the child process has been |   |
       |	 | stopped by a signal. Always	set  to |   |
       |	 | FALSE on Windows.			|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |exitcode |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |		   int			|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |  The   exit	code  returned	by  the |   |
       |	 | process (which is only meaningful if |   |
       |	 | running  is	FALSE). Only first call |   |
       |	 | of this function return real  value, |   |
       |	 | next calls return -1.		|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |termsig  |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |		   int			|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |  The   number  of  the  signal  that |   |
       |	 | caused the child process  to  termi- |   |
       |	 | nate  its execution (only meaningful |   |
       |	 | if signaled is TRUE).		|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |stopsig  |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |		   int			|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       |	 |  The  number  of  the  signal   that |   |
       |	 | caused the child process to stop its |   |
       |	 | execution   (only   meaningful    if |   |
       |	 | stopped is TRUE).			|   |
       |	 |					|   |
       +---------+--------------------------------------+---+
SEE ALSO

       proc_open(3).

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