> What is the best way to check that a process is running (or better yet > number of instances) based on the name of the process? Would have to > work on a unix/linux system.
Use "ps -C proc_name". Then either read the nr of lines in the output (for the number of instances) or read the return value. 0 if the process is running. Or read the /proc/*/status files and check if your process is in any of them. -- mvh Björn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
