in reply to Re^4: Simple way to find on Windows, whether a process is running
in thread Simple way to find on Windows, whether a process is running

Attempt to use Win32::Process::Open( my $handle, $pid, 0 ); to obtain a handle to the running process. If the call succeeds, it is still running.

You could also avoid having to poll the process by using $handle->Wait( $timeoutms ); to wait until it ends (or the timeout occurs) and then $handle->Kill( $exitcode ) to kill it if it runs too long.

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