installr (version 0.22.0)

get_tasklist: Get the running processes in windows task manager

Description

Returns a data.frame with the current running processes (Windows only).

Usage

get_tasklist(...)

Arguments

...

not used.

Value

a data.frame with the current running processes.

References

tasklist details from microsoft homepage: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491010.aspx

See Also

get_tasklist, get_Rscript_PID, get_pid, kill_pid, kill_all_Rscript_s, pskill kill_pid, kill_all_Rscript_s

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# create several running processes of Rscript (to shitdown)
system("Rscript -e repeat{2+2}", wait = FALSE) # this process should be stuck   
system("Rscript -e repeat{2+2}", wait = FALSE) # this process should be stuck   
# here are there pid numbers:
get_Rscript_PID() 
# let's kill them:
kill_all_Rscript_s()
# they are gone...
get_Rscript_PID() # we no longer have Rscripts running
# }

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