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Cadence Interprocess Communication SKILL Reference
Product Version IC23.1, June 2023

ipcIsActiveProcess

ipcIsActiveProcess( 
o_childId 
) 
=> t / nil

Description

Determines if a child process is active; that is, not stopped.

Arguments

o_childId

Child process handle.

Value Returned

t

The child process is alive.

nil

The child process is stopped or expired.

Examples

      cid = ipcBeginProcess("ls -lR /")
ipc:3
ipcIsActiveProcess(cid)
t
ipcStopProcess(cid) ; Stop the execution
t
ipcIsActiveProcess(cid)
nil
ipcContProcess(cid) ; Resume the execution
t
ipcIsActiveProcess(cid)
t

Related Topics

Interprocess Communication Functions

ipcContProcess

ipcKillProcess

ipcStopProcess


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