Ok, it is no problem to find out if a certain process is running by using the GUI based Windows TaskManager.

But how do I find this out from command line (e.g. from a DOS batch script) ?

In unix there is a "ps" command.
But I found no corresponding cmdline tool for WInXP/DOS

Cindy

 

Take a look at the tasklist command.
Enter tasklist /? in a command prompt for details.
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"Cindy Parker" <cypy@live.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, it is no problem to find out if a certain process is running by using
> the GUI based Windows TaskManager.
>
> But how do I find this out from command line (e.g. from a DOS batch
> script) ?
>
> In unix there is a "ps" command.
> But I found no corresponding cmdline tool for WInXP/DOS
>
> Cindy
>

 

From the command-line, type the following to see if a process is in memory
:

tasklist /fi "IMAGENAME eq EXPLORER.EXE"

...(best to "copy & paste" the above into a Command Prompt window), then you
can just replace the term : "EXPLORER.EXE" with a process-name of your
choice.

If you'd like an easier command to type at the prompt (God knows, I had to
look-up the syntax for the above command), then you can download the [free]
command-line tool : "pslist.exe"

...all you need type for this command is :

pslist explorer

...to return a list of all instances of processes beginning "explorer"or
even :

pslist exp

...which will list all processes beginning "exp" - including explorer.exe

Plus, "pslist.exe" returns errorlevels, so you can use it in batch files to
make choices based on if a process is running or not! (Tasklist does not
return errorlevels).

Download all 12 "ps tools" by Sysinternals (Microsoft) from :
http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/PsTools.zip

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




"Cindy Parker" <cypy@live.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, it is no problem to find out if a certain process is running by using
> the GUI based Windows TaskManager.
>
> But how do I find this out from command line (e.g. from a DOS batch
> script) ?
>
> In unix there is a "ps" command.
> But I found no corresponding cmdline tool for WInXP/DOS
>
> Cindy
>