check-process

check existence of process by pid

Usage

const check = require('check-process')
const cp = require('child_process')
 
// return { exists: true, killable: false }
check(1)
 
// return { exists: true, killable: true }
let child = cp.exec(process.execPath, [someScript])
check(child.pid)

API

check(pid)

• pid, {Number} process PID

Check existence of process by pid.

Return a object:

{
  exists: <Boolean>,      // is process exists
  killable: <Boolean>     // is process killable
}

LICENSE

MIT