Re: [Gambas-user] Check if a program is already started

Jussi Lahtinen escribió: > You don't need variable "running", you can just do "Return False" or > "Return True". > Also "try" is unneeded. You are right! And for the subject of the thread, next time I will read carefully. Sorry! Jesus ---

Re: [Gambas-user] Check if a program is already started

Your code is fine for checking if some program is running, but it cannot check double instance. If your program asks pid of itself, it will find it! I didn't know about "pidof" (I have used Linux about one year), so thanks! Jussi PS. You don't need variable "running", you can just do "Return Fals

Re: [Gambas-user] Check if a program is already started

Just another way: PUBLIC FUNCTION pidOf(program AS String) AS Boolean 'checks if a program is running DIM gotpid AS String = "" DIM running AS Boolean = FALSE TRY SHELL "pidof " & program TO gotpid IF gotpid THEN running = TRUE ELSE running = FALSE

Re: [Gambas-user] Check if a program is already started

Thanks, It works *Vriendelijke Groeten* *Johny Provoost* *mailto: johny.provo...@skynet.be * *mailto: johny.provo...@gmail.com * *Website:* *http://www.johnyprovoost.net* Jussi Lahtinen schr

Re: [Gambas-user] Check if a program is already started

Not very elegant, but works: Dim sOutput As String Exec ["pgrep", "-f", "-l", "NameOfYourProgram.gambas"] Wait To sOutput If Split(Trim$(sOutput), gb.NewLine).Count > 1 Then 'Allready running EndIf Jussi On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 15:50, Johny Provoost wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a command to

[Gambas-user] Check if a program is already started

Hi, Is there a command to check if a program (programed in Gambas) is already running? I want to avoid that a program is started twice. Johny Provoost -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports