Returns a vector with the process ID (pid) for all processes with a particular name.
get_pid(process, exact = FALSE, ...)an integer vector with the process ID (pid) of the processes.
a character vector of process names.
logical (FALSE). should we get exact match to process name, or can we use just partial matching.
not used.
tasklist details from microsoft homepage: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb491010(v=technet.10)
get_tasklist, get_Rscript_PID, get_pid,
kill_pid, kill_all_Rscript_s, pskill
if (FALSE) {
get_pid("rsession") # finds it
get_pid("rsession", exact = TRUE) # doesn't find it
get_pid("rsession.exe", exact = TRUE) # finds it
get_pid(c("wininit", "winlogon"), exact = TRUE) # doesn't find it
get_pid(c("wininit", "winlogon")) # finds it
}
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