Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:21:57 +0100
Incorporate requested changes from Mozilla in review:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123480#c6
1 #!/usr/bin/env python
3 # Copyright (c) 2009, Giampaolo Rodola'. All rights reserved.
4 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
5 # found in the LICENSE file.
7 """
8 Kill a process by name.
9 """
11 import os
12 import sys
13 import psutil
15 def main():
16 if len(sys.argv) != 2:
17 sys.exit('usage: %s name' % __file__)
18 else:
19 NAME = sys.argv[1]
21 killed = []
22 for proc in psutil.process_iter():
23 if proc.name == NAME and proc.pid != os.getpid():
24 proc.kill()
25 killed.append(proc.pid)
26 if not killed:
27 sys.exit('%s: no process found' % NAME)
28 else:
29 sys.exit(0)
31 sys.exit(main())