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Getting a PID and killing a process (Was: Re: Scripting a command to unix..)
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Getting a PID and killing a process (Was: Re: Scripting a command to unix..)

  • Subject: Getting a PID and killing a process (Was: Re: Scripting a command to unix..)
  • From: Hiram <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 00:10:22 +0100
On Friday, March 15, 2002, at 07:31 , John W Baxter wrote:

do shell script: execute a shell script or command (defined in:
StandardAdditions.osax)

I am looking for a way to use a shell script to get the PID of a faceless process (wget) and then kill it, all from within a script.

It seems..

tell application "wget" to quit

..won't work, and neither does giving the full path to wget. Any help is appreciated.

Hiram
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