Getting the PID of a spawned process

[lyledg]

I have coded a GUI that calls robocopy.exe, and as part of the exit routine of this GUI I want to check if the robocopy process is running. That is easy enough to do, but what if I had multiple instances of robocopy.exe running on the same box.

Question is: How do I ensure programatically that I have ended only my latest instance of robocopy.exe that was created through my compiled GUI.

I want to kill the PID rather than exe name, as I assume the latest PID of Robocopy.exe in task manager will be the latest process correct?

This is what I already code wise:

Dim $Yes = 6, $No = 7

$i_PID = "Robocopy.exe"

    _ProcessGetName ($i_PID)
    
    If ProcessExists($i_PID) Then
    $Question = MsgBox(262180, "Question?", "Robocopy process still running, end it now?")
        If $Question = $Yes Then
            ProcessClose($i_PID)
            SplashTextOn("Exited", "Robocopy copy process killed", 220, 30, -1, -1, 17, "", 12)
            Sleep(2000)
            SplashOff()
            Return
        EndIf
    Else
        Exit
    EndIf

Are there any UDF's out there that will do the opposite of _ProcessGetName ( $iPID ), meaning getting the PID of the named process...Something like _ProcessGetPID(Name of exe to check)

Any guidance will be much appreciated..

Cheers

Edited December 15, 2005 by lyledg

[MHz]

You should already know the PID as your script started it and can manage it ?

$pid1 = Run('robocopy.exe')
$pid2 = Run('robocopy.exe')
$pid3 = Run('robocopy.exe')

ProcessWaitClose($pid1)
ProcessWaitClose($pid2)
If ProcessExists($pid3) Then ProcessClose($pid3)

[Valuater]

i think it is a little simpler than your effort

$PID = ProcessExists("notepad.exe"); Will return the PID or 0 if the process isn't found.
If $PID Then ProcessClose($PID)

to be sure that you are closing the correct PID

$PID = Run("notepad.exe"); this should be a unique identifier ( if i am correct )

sleep(2000)

ProcessClose($PID)

8)

oops.....

MHz got there first ( and i was right..lol)

Edited December 15, 2005 by Valuater

[lyledg]

Thanks Guys, it was simple in the end...I was calling robocopy through compsec which of course was giving me a different PID than the robocopy.exe process would have....