Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
> Surely that should be:
>
> if not 'firefox' in (i.name() for i in process_iter()):
>
> And that again should be:
>
> if any((i.name() == 'firefox') for i in process_iter()):
The previous one certainly looks better than this, particularly if you move
the `not
On Friday 26 May 2017 14:25 CEST, Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
> Rustom Mody writes:
>
>> On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 5:02:55 PM UTC+5:30, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>>> To check if Firefox is running I use:
>>> if not 'firefox' in [i.name() for i in list(process_iter())]:
>>>
>>> It probably could be mad
On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 5:55:32 PM UTC+5:30, Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
> Rustom Mody writes:
>
> > On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 5:02:55 PM UTC+5:30, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> >> To check if Firefox is running I use:
> >> if not 'firefox' in [i.name() for i in list(process_iter())]:
> >>
> >> I
Jussi Piitulainen writes:
> Or use a regex match if the condition becomes more complex. Even then,
> there is re.match to attemp a match at the start of the string, which
> helps to keep the expression simple.
Soz: attemp' a match.
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Rustom Mody writes:
> On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 5:02:55 PM UTC+5:30, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>> To check if Firefox is running I use:
>> if not 'firefox' in [i.name() for i in list(process_iter())]:
>>
>> It probably could be made more efficient, because it can stop when it
>> finds the firs
On 2017-05-26 13:29, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> To check if Firefox is running I use:
> if not 'firefox' in [i.name() for i in list(process_iter())]:
>
> It probably could be made more efficient, because it can stop when
> it finds the first instance.
>
> But know I switched to Debian and there
On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 5:02:55 PM UTC+5:30, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> To check if Firefox is running I use:
> if not 'firefox' in [i.name() for i in list(process_iter())]:
>
> It probably could be made more efficient, because it can stop when it
> finds the first instance.
>
> But know I s
To check if Firefox is running I use:
if not 'firefox' in [i.name() for i in list(process_iter())]:
It probably could be made more efficient, because it can stop when it
finds the first instance.
But know I switched to Debian and there firefox is called firefox-esr.
So I should use:
re.se
