control process

[Daniel C Bastos]

i'm looking for a way to:

1. start a new process (exec(), proc_open(), popen(), whatever())
2. sleep(some_secs );
3. if the process is still running, kill it.
4. otherwise, go to 1.

any ideas on this?

--
daniel

[point]

Re: control process

Try looking the php help for monitors or semaphores....a s this looks
something like a thread....

point


"Daniel C Bastos" <daniel@slashlo g.org> wrote in message
news:bee3u4$7jb $1@newsreader.m ailgate.org...[color=blue]
> i'm looking for a way to:
>
> 1. start a new process (exec(), proc_open(), popen(), whatever())
> 2. sleep(some_secs );
> 3. if the process is still running, kill it.
> 4. otherwise, go to 1.
>
> any ideas on this?
>
> --
> daniel[/color]

[Daniel C Bastos]

Re: control process

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:07:10 +0200
"point" <info@caanprodu ction.com> wrote:
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> Try looking the php help for monitors or semaphores....a s this looks
> something like a thread....[/color]

semaphores! that's what i'm looking for. awesome information, point.
thanks a lot.

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daniel