Inter Process Communication

ipc >>

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getpid

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Get nelson(s) Process IDentificator.

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Syntax

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p = getpid()

v = getpid('available')

Input argument

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'available'

a string.

Output argument

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p

a double: current Process Identificator.

v

a vector of double: list of nelson Processes Identification (with same arch) currently running for current user.

Description

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p = getpid() returns current nelson process identificator currently running on computer.

v = getpid('available') returns list of nelson processes identificators (with same arch) running for current user.

win64 and win32 are two differents architecture but they can run in same time.

Example

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p = getpid()
getpid('available')
unix('nelson-gui &')
sleep(5) % detached process need to wait to see available
getpid('available')
unix('nelson-gui &')
sleep(5) % detached process need to wait to see available
getpid('available')
unix('nelson-gui &')
sleep(5) % detached process need to wait to see available
getpid('available')

See also

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unix, ipc.

History

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Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

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Allan CORNET