Re: Killing process started by system()?

carsonbj@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Is there anyway to kill a process that has been started by the system()
function?


All processes are killed the same way, with kill/signal().

I'm guessing that perhaps you're really wanting to know how to get
the PID to kill from system. You can't. You'll have to figure it
out from ps or something. Or use fork() & exec() & wait() so you
have the PID.
.

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