get_tasklist: Get the running processes in windows task manager

In installr: Using R to Install Stuff on Windows OS (Such As: R, 'Rtools', 'RStudio', 'Git', and More!)

Get the running processes in windows task manager

Description

Returns a data.frame with the current running processes (Windows only).

Usage

get_tasklist(...)

Arguments

...

not used.

Value

a data.frame with the current running processes.

References

tasklist details from microsoft homepage: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb491010(v=technet.10)

See Also

get_tasklist, get_Rscript_PID, get_pid, kill_pid, kill_all_Rscript_s, pskill kill_pid, kill_all_Rscript_s

Examples

## Not run: 
# create several running processes of Rscript (to shitdown)
system("Rscript -e repeat{2+2}", wait = FALSE) # this process should be stuck   
system("Rscript -e repeat{2+2}", wait = FALSE) # this process should be stuck   
# here are there pid numbers:
get_Rscript_PID() 
# let's kill them:
kill_all_Rscript_s()
# they are gone...
get_Rscript_PID() # we no longer have Rscripts running

## End(Not run)

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