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Re^2: is it possible to get PID for a command running background?
by taint (Chaplain) on Dec 09, 2013 at 21:42 UTC

    I might add to VincentK's good pointer. That on *NIX systems you ought to be able to name the PID, and even choose the PID's location. Which should help considerably, in managing those processes.

    --Chris

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