alive3abz
Check if a process is executing.
Usage
#include <abz/alive.h> int alive(const char *name);
Libraries
Abz Library (-labz), Debug Library (-ldebug)
Overview
The alive() function check if any process with name name is currently executing.
Return values
The alive() function returns 1 if a process with name name is executing, 0 if not, and -1 if some error occurred.
Check errno to see what error occurred.
Notes
None of the libabz routines are thread-safe. I'm not planning to change this either! For more information, please see http://threading.2038bug.com/