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WiredGuy · 07-23-2009, 09:51 AM

I'm converting a linux shell script into a Windows batch file and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to return the process ID of a program I just launched. I run this program in an infinite loop in the batch script so I need to get the process ID right after I launch it to keep track of which pid is with which session (so dumping tasklist won't work).

Unix Example:
java -jar Keywords.jar &
echo $!

On Linux $! is the pid. This is being launched from a batch file so how can I capture the pid on a Windows environment right after I launch?
WG

07-23-2009, 09:51 AM
WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,461	SysAdmin's, How to Get Process ID on Windows? I'm converting a linux shell script into a Windows batch file and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to return the process ID of a program I just launched. I run this program in an infinite loop in the batch script so I need to get the process ID right after I launch it to keep track of which pid is with which session (so dumping tasklist won't work). Unix Example: java -jar Keywords.jar & echo $! On Linux $! is the pid. This is being launched from a batch file so how can I capture the pid on a Windows environment right after I launch? WG __________________ I play with Google. Last edited by WiredGuy; 07-23-2009 at 09:52 AM..