ps_string: Encode a 'ps_handle' as a short string
In r-lib/ps: List, Query, Manipulate System Processes
ps_string R Documentation
Encode a ps_handle as a short string
Description
A convenient format for passing between processes, naming semaphores, or
using as a directory/file name. Will always be 14 alphanumeric characters,
with the first and last characters guarantied to be letters. Encodes the
pid and creation time for a process.
Usage
ps_string(p = ps_handle())
Arguments
p
Process handle.
Value
A process string (scalar character), that can be passed to
ps_handle() in place of a pid.
Examples
(p <- ps_handle())
(str <- ps_string(p))
ps_handle(pid = str)
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Encode a ps_handle as a short string
Description
A convenient format for passing between processes, naming semaphores, or using as a directory/file name. Will always be 14 alphanumeric characters, with the first and last characters guarantied to be letters. Encodes the pid and creation time for a process.
Usage
ps_string(p = ps_handle())
Arguments
p |
Process handle. |
Value
A process string (scalar character), that can be passed to
ps_handle() in place of a pid.
Examples
(p <- ps_handle())
(str <- ps_string(p))
ps_handle(pid = str)
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