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ProcessStatus

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gives the current status of the external process represented by the ProcessObject proc.

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ProcessStatus[proc,"status"]

returns True if the process has the status given and returns False otherwise.

Details

  • Possible status values are "Running" and "Finished".

Examples

Basic Examples  (2)Summary of the most common use cases

Start the system shell process:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-hp8oi3
Out[1]=1

Get the current status for the given process:

In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-g3788s
Out[2]=2

Kill the shell process:

In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-xre4ko

Check that the process has actually finished:

In[4]:=4
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-ff30zg
Out[4]=4

Start the system shell process:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-p5f1ni
Out[1]=1

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

In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0h2ll4xh16-gpn5er
Out[2]=2
Wolfram Research (2014), ProcessStatus, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessStatus.html.
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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.

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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.

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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

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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 ]}

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@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 ]}

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@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 ]}