Top "Process" questions

This tag is about operating system processes.

What is a "thread" (really)?

I have been trying to find a good definition, and get an understanding, of what a thread really is. It …

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Linux Process States

In Linux, what happens to the state of a process when it needs to read blocks from a disk? Is …

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How to kill a nodejs process in Linux?

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 9631/node How do I kill this process in linux(ubuntu)?

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Hide console window from Process.Start C#

I am trying to create process on a remote machine using using System.Diagnostics.Process class. I am able to …

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Linux / Bash, using ps -o to get process by specific name?

I am trying to use the ps -o command to get just specific info about processes matching a certain name. …

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How to stop java process gracefully?

How do I stop a Java process gracefully in Linux and Windows? When does Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook get called, and …

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C# - Making a Process.Start wait until the process has start-up

I need to make sure that a process is running before moving on with a method. The statement is: Process.…

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C++, How to determine if a Windows Process is running?

This is concerning Windows XP processes. I have a process running, let's call it Process1. Process1 creates a new process, …

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How to suspend/resume a process in Windows?

In Unix we can suspend a process execution temporarily and resume it with signals SIGSTOP and SIGCONT. How can I …

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How to spawn a process and capture its STDOUT in .NET?

I need to spawn a child process that is a console application, and capture its output. I wrote up the …

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