X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:subject:from:to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=cAF wYNT78tWPBFGwgsLjzScle1aUYvLjKNkTSJChWmmh4p0zZJ45V8D3i8F1HCtpuQ3 6nojux5kCaLsPoSs3pOeNMQe9S1mg4mGG1NBi+VmZj9M7JcGXQZXAKKla2+v5Msp JiJPgy3ET06OF3XHCx8PTVcxvBEcunY8GPcITdbo= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:subject:from:to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=Z//SDlVAt 9VZ+ZvWjFlirQ85wSc=; b=mKgE440xcq+ehNBtNLLBF8qCiDkYi4M20WV+mrP+P G6ZSvFeXCls0Hcm2ztiLUQRbq7b/BFxxBpjP5EpD+vwUMXCjunm8PzyMOPW92lHK /cREKCLODh3UVe8vLUAlge3MIrt8SJFAmvkrmZ3i4yjJoH+CNkPn3yba0ey0NoHl /Q= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Message-ID: <35279.69.164.197.125.1372060333.squirrel@london.mobistar.com.au> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:52:13 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Checking for running processes when running script from cron or Windows Task Scheduler From: chris DOT wright AT mobistar DOT com DOT au To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-yoursite-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-yoursite-MailScanner-ID: r5O7qDNK030966 X-yoursite-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-yoursite-MailScanner-From: chris DOT wright AT mobistar DOT com DOT au I am trying to run a bash script periodically ( eg from cron or Windows task scheduler ) which needs to kill any existing instances of a background process then restart it. Unfortunately the scheduled script only seems to be able to see processes that were created in the context it is running from and not any other (cygwin) processes, background or foreground. This is occurring on Windows XP pro 32 bit. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple