Re: exclusive execution

ok i got getmypid() Extending the same concept, is it possible for ANOTHER script to check whether this script has completed execution or is still running? N "John Donagher" <john@webmeta.com> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.21.0104271240220.22745-100000@bigdaddy.webmeta.com... > > One solution would be to have the script write it's process ID in some .pid > file. Since a process ID is per instance of the script, this should provide you > with the functionality you're looking for. > > John > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Nikhil Goyal wrote: > > > I need to set up a script such that only one instance of it is running at a > > time i.e. in case the script is already executing, it will not be started > > again. > > > > My problem is on a script taking a long time to execute (like it should) - I > > find that for some reason the script stops somewhere in the middle and > > starts to re-execute. I wish to catch this re-execute and halt the script > > instead > > > > N > > > > > > > > > > -- > > John Donagher > Application Engineer > Intacct Corp. - Powerful Accounting on the Web > 408-395-0989 > 720 University Ave. > Los Gatos CA 95032 > www.intacct.com > > Public key available off http://www.keyserver.net > Key fingerprint = 4024 DF50 56EE 19A3 258A D628 22DE AD56 EEBE 8DDD > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >