[Correction] Re: How can I get a script to find out what a PID is?

["Rick L. Mantooth" <rickdman cyberramp net>]

Oops, left in an error from a copy and paste. :(
1 line change below.
Sorry all,
Rick


On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Rick L. Mantooth wrote:

> Quickie:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> # Need to find PID of x11amp and kill it dead.
> #
> x11ampPID=`ps -ax | grep x11amp | egrep -v "grep" | awk '{print $1}'`
> # Uncomment following line for debugging purposes.
> # echo "Killing ${nestPID}"    #<-- WRONG.....

# echo "Killing ${x11ampPID}"

> kill -9 ${x11ampPID}
> #
> # End script
> 
> 
> On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, George Lenzer wrote:
> 
> > I would like to be able to kill a process with cron.  Since Process IDs are
> > always different, is there a way to kill a process by the application name?
> 
> Don't know of a way.
> 
> > Or, is there a way to get the process ID and pass it to cron?
> 
> See above quickie.
> 
> > Alternatively, is there a way to start an application with the same PID
> > every time?  In my case, the application is 'x11amp'.  I need to schedule it
> 
> Nope, not to my knowledge.
> 
> > to quit at a predetermined time.
> 
> Place the above script (call it killx11amp and make it executable)
> Add the following line to cron by "crontab -e"
> 30 22 * * * /location/of/killx11amp >/dev/null 2>&1
> 
> to kill it at 10:30pm every day.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > --------------------------------------------
> >  George H. Lenzer
> >  Technology Specialist
> >  Cleveland Heights-University Heights
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> > --------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> Rick
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