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Date:	Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:00:20 PST8PDT,4,1,0,3600,10,-1,0,7200,3600
From:	Harry Motin <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: killing one of several .cmd files

No, I understand that and I don't think that matters. Here's what he does:

1. He creates a single Rexx script to start each *.cmd program, one program at a time.

2. The script uses the DOSPIDLIST function that I previously discussed.

3. What he does is first get all of the process ID's before starting any of the *.cmd programs

4. Then, start the first *.cmd program. Look for a difference in the process ID's (i.e., a new ID, not present before). That is, continually loop on the DOSPIDLIST function until it registers a new process and says that pathname is "C:\OS2\CMD.EXE" (or, whatever is the pathname for cmd.exe on Peter's system).

5. That new process ID will be for the first *.cmd program that he just started.

6. Next, continue the script by having it start the next *.cmd program. Again, loop on the DOSPIDLIST function until you register a new process and the path is to CMD.EXE

7. Etc., etc.

I think the above will work!
HCM

Steven Levine wrote:
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In <20040326221741.25581.qmail@web80211.mail.yahoo.com>, on 03/26/04
at 02:17 PM, Harry Motin said:

>The scenario that I described to you, using the output of the 4 compound
>variables returned by the DOSPIDLIST is exactly what you need to locate
>and identify, by process ID #, the program that you want to kill. To
>repeat, you find the program by pathname in the second compound variable.
>Then, you find it by process ID in the first compound variable. Whatever
>program you want killed, you KNOW its pathname. Find it in the second
>variable. Whatever position it occupies in that compound variable, its
>process ID occupies the same position in the first variable. Then, use
>The DOSKILLPROCESS function to kill it, placing the find ID in that
>function.

You are missing the point that all the programs Peter is trying to kill
are named cmd.exe.

Steven

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In <20040326221741.25581.qmail@web80211.mail.yahoo.com>, on 03/26/04
at 02:17 PM, Harry Motin said:


>The scenario that I described to you, using the output of the 4 compound
>variables returned by the DOSPIDLIST is exactly what you need to locate
>and identify, by process ID #, the program that you want to kill. To
>repeat, you find the program by pathname in the second compound variable.
>Then, you find it by process ID in the first compound variable. Whatever
>program you want killed, you KNOW its pathname. Find it in the second
>variable. Whatever position it occupies in that compound variable, its
>process ID occupies the same position in the first variable. Then, use
>The DOSKILLPROCESS function to kill it, placing the find ID in that
>function.

You are missing the point that all the programs Peter is trying to kill
are named cmd.exe.

Steven

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