In a bash script, I'm using kill -0 to test if I have permission to kill a process. There are 3 cases:
- the process exists and I have permission: OK
- the process doesn't exist and it's OK (because I decided to ignore processes that are already dead).
- I don't have permission and I want to raise an error.
If I use ps $pid, I cannot tell the difference between a process that does not exist and a process I cannot "see":
If I use kill -0 $pid, I could tell the difference reading stderr but it would be language specific: Question: How can I programmatically tell if a process exists and if I have permission on it?
I wasn't sure if I should post it here of in the Shell Script category, but I figured it was definitely a newbie question.
I'm trying to write a script that will check for the existence of a specific file (or for any files within the directory) and then take specific actions. I've removed all... (2 Replies)
Hey all,
I have total new with shell scripting so I don't know if what I need to do even possible, here it is...for a duration of time (say...1 hour) I need to check for the existence of a particular file, if it exists then I will invoke a java program or I will continue to check until a)... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I have this process app.fcgi and a directory containing images. I'd like to ensure that only app.cgi can access those images and more generally that folder.Thanks! (1 Reply)
Hi
I want to check a particular file is available or not. But i know only the pattern of that file sat AB1234*.txt.I need the latest file name and it ll be used in the script. How can i do this using ls -ltr command.
Thanks,
LathishSundar V (2 Replies)
Hi,
I want to make a bash script which is running like :
1.sh http://www. google.com
and check if the url does exist printing a message.
I want to save the source code of this page in a file.
Could you help me ? (4 Replies)
Hi
I'm using the below command in shell script to check for file exists in the path
if
.....
fi
path and test are variables
path and the file exists but the commands inside if condition is executed (! operator used)
Is the above way of checking for file existence is correct?
... (4 Replies)
Hope someone can help me on this
In a directory ,files are dynamically generated.I need a script to do the following
if files are not received for more than 2 hours or if the received file is empty
then do something
How can I put that in a script.Thank you
eg. in cd /dir_name the... (13 Replies)
I'm on AIX. I have triggered an infinite loop process (to keep looking for input file availability for further process). At present only I can kill the process.
In case my colleague wants to kill the process for any reason, how do I provide permission to others to kill the process?
Currently... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: krishmaths
3 Replies
LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
kill
kill(1) General Commands Manual kill(1)Name
kill - send a signal to a process
Syntax
kill [-sig] processid...
kill -l
Description
The command sends the TERM (terminate, 15) signal to the specified processes. If a signal name or number preceded by `-' is given as first
argument, that signal is sent instead of terminate. For further information, see
The terminate signal kills processes that do not catch the signal; `kill -9 ...' is a sure kill, as the KILL (9) signal cannot be caught.
By convention, if process number 0 is specified, all members in the process group (that is, processes resulting from the current login) are
signaled. This works only if you use and not if you use To kill a process it must either belong to you or you must be superuser.
The process number of an asynchronous process started with `&' is reported by the shell. Process numbers can also be found by using It
allows job specifiers ``%...'' so process ID's are not as often used as arguments. See for details.
Options-l Lists signal names. The signal names are listed by `kill -l', and are as given in /usr/include/signal.h, stripped of the common SIG
prefix.
See Alsocsh(1), ps(1), kill(2), sigvec(2)kill(1)