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process-exists
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Check if a process is running
npm install process-exists
import {processExists, processExistsMultiple, filterExistingProcesses} from 'process-exists';
console.log(await processExists(process.pid));
//=> true
const exists = await processExistsMultiple([process.pid, 'foo']);
console.log(exists.get(process.pid));
//=> true
console.log(exists.get('foo'));
//=> false
console.log(filterExistingProcesses(exists));
//=> [process.pid]
Check if a process exists.
Returns a Promise<boolean>
.
Type: number | string
The process ID or name to check.
Check multiple processes if they exist.
Returns a Promise<Map>
with the process name/ID as key and the status as a boolean value.
Type: Array<number | string>
The process IDs or names to check.
Filter processes that exist.
Returns an Array<number | string>
with the processes that exist.
Type: Array<number | string>
The process IDs or names to check.
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Check if a process is running
The npm package process-exists receives a total of 138,895 weekly downloads. As such, process-exists popularity was classified as popular.
We found that process-exists demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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