constant STILL_ALIVE

I intend to use Win32::getExitCode to check if a process is alive. The
5.8 doc says the STILL_ALIVE constant need to be explicitly exported,
but my Process.pm file in site/lib/Win32 has not shown such constant.
Does anyone know how to use that constant?
Thanks!

Re: constant STILL_ALIVE

evesun@gmail.com wrote:

> I intend to use Win32::getExitCode to check if a process is alive. The
> 5.8 doc says the STILL_ALIVE constant need to be explicitly exported,
> but my Process.pm file in site/lib/Win32 has not shown such constant.
> Does anyone know how to use that constant?
> Thanks!

use Win32::getExitCode 'STILL_ALIVE';

maybe?

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Re: constant STILL_ALIVE

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> I intend to use Win32::getExitCode to check if a process is alive. The
> 5.8 doc says the STILL_ALIVE constant need to be explicitly exported,
> but my Process.pm file in site/lib/Win32 has not shown such constant.
> Does anyone know how to use that constant?
> Thanks!
>

E:\pscrpt>type try.pl

use warnings;
use Win32::Process (STILL_ACTIVE);
print STILL_ACTIVE, "\n";

E:\pscrpt>perl try.pl
259

E:\pscrpt>

It's a windows constant that gets picked up by the "compiled" part of
Win32::Process (ie the XS code) rather than by the perl code that you find
in Process.pm.

You need version 0.10 (or later) of Win32::Process to use it:

perl -MWin32::Process -e "print $Win32::Process::VERSION"

libwin32-0.26 contains Win32::Process-0.10. I think earlier libwin32
versions (0.24, certainly) contain Win32::Process-0.09.

The above script simply demonstrates that the constant exists and that it
has a numeric value of 259 (for me, at least).

Cheers,
Rob

Re: constant STILL_ALIVE

Thanks Rob!

I checked my version is 0.09, that is why I could not get it.

Thanks!

Eve

Re: constant STILL_ALIVE

Thanks Rob!

I checked my version is 0.09, that is why I could not get it.

Thanks!

Eve