# Kills a process by process name
#
# Uses the Performance Data Helper to locate the PID, then kills it.
# Will only kill the process if there is only one process of that name
# (eg, attempting to kill "Python.exe" will only work if there is only
# one Python.exe running. (Note that the current process does not
# count - ie, if Python.exe is hosting this script, you can still kill
# another Python.exe (as long as there is only one other Python.exe)
# Really just a demo for the win32pdh(util) module, which allows you
# to get all sorts of information about a running process and many
# other aspects of your system.
import win32api, win32pdhutil, win32con, sys
def killProcName(procname):
# Change suggested by Dan Knierim, who found that this performed a
# "refresh", allowing us to kill processes created since this was run
# for the first time.
try:
win32pdhutil.GetPerformanceAttributes('Process','ID Process',procname)
except:
pass
pids = win32pdhutil.FindPerformanceAttributesByName(procname)
# If _my_ pid in there, remove it!
try:
pids.remove(win32api.GetCurrentProcessId())
except ValueError:
pass
if len(pids)==0:
result = "Can't find %s" % procname
elif len(pids)>1:
result = "Found too many %s's - pids=`%s`" % (procname,pids)
else:
handle = win32api.OpenProcess(win32con.PROCESS_TERMINATE, 0,pids[0])
win32api.TerminateProcess(handle,0)
win32api.CloseHandle(handle)
result = ""
return result
if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv)>1:
for procname in sys.argv[1:]:
result = killProcName(procname)
if result:
print result
print "Dumping all processes..."
win32pdhutil.ShowAllProcesses()
else:
print "Killed %s" % procname
else:
print "Usage: killProcName.py procname ..."
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