ProcessStatus
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ProcessStatus
gives the current status of the external process represented by the ProcessObject proc.
returns True if the process has the status given and returns False otherwise.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)Summary of the most common use cases
Start the system shell process:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-hp8oi3

Get the current status for the given process:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-g3788s


https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-xre4ko
Check that the process has actually finished:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-ff30zg

Start the system shell process:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-p5f1ni

Get a Boolean telling whether a program is running or not:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-gpn5er

Wolfram Research (2014), ProcessStatus, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessStatus.html.
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), ProcessStatus, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessStatus.html.
Wolfram Research (2014), ProcessStatus, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessStatus.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "ProcessStatus." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessStatus.html.
Wolfram Language. 2014. "ProcessStatus." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessStatus.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). ProcessStatus. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessStatus.html
Wolfram Language. (2014). ProcessStatus. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessStatus.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_processstatus, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ProcessStatus}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessStatus.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-July-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_processstatus, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ProcessStatus}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessStatus.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-July-2025
]}