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Re^4: Detect Process End by thor (Priest) on Nov 27, 2004 at 06:19 UTC
kill 0 basically asks that PID if it's still alive or not. If you try a kill 0 on a PID that doesn't exist, you'll get false back. Be careful, though. Because Unix PIDs are recycled, there's no guarantee that the process that currently has the PID that you're looking at is the process that you think it is... thor `Feel the white light, the light within Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come`	[reply]

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Re^4: Detect Process End
by thor (Priest) on Nov 27, 2004 at 06:19 UTC

thor

Feel the white light, the light within Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come