On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 09:49 -0400, Jim Moseby wrote: > I have a command line script that needs to run continuously, and so I plan > to have cron execute it every so often. I want to have the script first > check to see if another instance is already running and, if so, die(). > > Now, I know I can exec the process list and parse through the output, but is > there and easier, faster, cooler, sexier, better way? :o) > > JM > Do like some services do: 1) Check if script.pid exists 2) If it doesn't 2.1) Write the process's PID onto the file (http://pt.php.net/manual/en/function.getmypid.php) 3) If it does 3.1) Die gracefully :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
