Kill running programs

doob has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

How can I kill applications currently running in Windows by using Perl? I have searched the vast resources available and I came out empty...or I don't know where to look. Can you give me some pointers?

doob

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Re: Kill running programs by atcroft (Abbot) on Nov 23, 2005 at 21:50 UTC
My first suggestion would be one of the Win32::* modules, such as Win32::Process, which appears to be designed for manipulating processes, and includes a method called kill(). Hope that helps.	[reply]
Re^2: Kill running programs by secret (Beadle) on Nov 24, 2005 at 10:39 UTC
It's better to use Win32::Job as it allows Job control and file handle passing. Perl 5.8 only tho ...	[reply]
Re: Kill running programs by johnnywang (Priest) on Nov 23, 2005 at 23:09 UTC
I asked the same question recently and got the solution, please see: How to kill a windows process by command name?	[reply]
Re: Kill running programs by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 23, 2005 at 22:04 UTC
See also Win32::Process::Info from which you can use `GetProcInfo ()` to find the process info you will need to find the PID of the process you wish to kill. DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply] [d/l]