Process Management

Cross platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) sub-process management. More...

Classes
class	turi::process

Functions
size_t	turi::get_parent_pid ()
void	turi::wait_for_parent_exit (size_t parent_pid)
bool	turi::is_process_running (size_t pid)
boost::optional< std::string >	turi::getenv_str (const char *variable_name)

Detailed Description

Cross platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) sub-process management.

Function Documentation

get_parent_pid()

size_t turi::get_parent_pid

(

)

Get the PID of my parent process.

getenv_str()

boost::optional<std::string> turi::getenv_str

(

const char *

variable_name

)

Returns the environment variable's value; Note: on windows, the length of the return value is limited to 65534.

is_process_running()

bool turi::is_process_running

(

size_t

pid

)

Returns true if process is running

wait_for_parent_exit()

void turi::wait_for_parent_exit

(

size_t

parent_pid

)

Waits for a pid to exit. (The function is misnamed. This will work for all PIDs not just my parent)