EWS::procUtils

Version 1.0, May 16, 2002.

EWS::procUtils is an object-oriented perl module which contains several commonly used process/program utility methods and attributes.

EWS::procUtils provides the following class methods and attributes:

Class Methods
Public Methods Description

new Returns a blessed reference to a new procUtils object.

createDaemon Convert the current process to a daemon.

getMatchingPIDs Return list of PIDs with same program name as the current process.

getProgramPIDs Return list of PIDs with requested name.

catchAlarm SIGnal handler for ALaRm (SIGALRM)

catchInterrupt SIGnal handler for keyboard INTerrupt (SIGINT).

catchKill SIGnal handler for kill INTerrupt (SIGKILL).

checkEval Check eval result.

Class Methods
Public Methods	Description
new	Returns a blessed reference to a new procUtils object.
createDaemon	Convert the current process to a daemon.
getMatchingPIDs	Return list of PIDs with same program name as the current process.
getProgramPIDs	Return list of PIDs with requested name.
catchAlarm	SIGnal handler for ALaRm (SIGALRM)
catchInterrupt	SIGnal handler for keyboard INTerrupt (SIGINT).
catchKill	SIGnal handler for kill INTerrupt (SIGKILL).
checkEval	Check eval result.

Class Attributes
Public Attributes	Description
Interrupt	Set/get internal interrupt counter.
parseRegex	Set/get the regex used to parse file names by the getMatchingPIDs and getProgramPIDs methods.
program	Returns the running process ($$) program.
program	Returns the running process ($$) program.
programName	Returns the running process ($$) program name.
programPath	Returns the running process ($$) program path name.
Version	Returns the version number of cookies.pm.