Re: test for running process

[James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

bill lam wrote:
> James McKenzie wrote:
> > bill lam wrote:
> > > I want to know if a linux process is already runnning, eg, I could use
> > >  ps -e |grep soffice
> > > However under wine, the output can not be read (mentioned in my last 
> > > email), is there any other alternatives?
> > What exactly are you attempting to do?  Look for a program running 
> > under Wine or the actual Wine programs?
>
> When running program inside wine, I want to test if *Linux soffice* is 
> already running. If that program were run under linux, I could run a 
> shell script and read the stdout. But it seems not possible under wine.
Correct.  I don't think you can invoke a linux shell from within Wine, 
nor do I *think* this should be possible.

James