How to kill proceses

**oyekunmi** · October 15th, 2009, 06:23 PM

I'm looking for a way to kill proceses on my machine from my java program just like task manager

**JavaPF** · October 15th, 2009, 07:06 PM

Java is not great for this type of application. All things that are Operating System specific are hidden from the Java program by the JVM. To a Java program, the JVM is the Operating System. This is great for cross-platform possibilities, but it's a problem if you want to do OS specific tasks.

I'm sure Chris will point you in this direction - Java Native Interface - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm not sure if this code will help you. It's using the Runtime.exec destroy() method. It opens IE, then 10 seconds later, kills it.

   public class ExecTest {  
        public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {  
            String execStr = "C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE";  
            Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(execStr);  
            System.out.println("proc: " + proc);  
            Thread.sleep(10000);  
            System.out.println("destroying");  
            proc.destroy();  
            System.out.println("destroyed");  
       }  
   }

**Json** · October 16th, 2009, 02:55 AM

You could possibly do this by using Home - Sigar - Confluence

Here is a snippet for you to get started as well.

        final Sigar sigar = new Sigar();
        final long[] processes = sigar.getProcList();
 
        for (final long processId : processes) {
            System.out.println(processId + " = " + ProcUtil.getDescription(sigar, processId));
            final String processDescription = ProcUtil.getDescription(sigar, processId);
 
            if(processDescription.contains("notepad.exe")){
                System.out.println("Found notepad.exe with id [" + processId + "] - KILLING IT!");
                sigar.kill(processId, -9);
            }
        }

This code gets a list of all the processId's and then loops through them and get the description for each one, if the description contains "notepad.exe" it will kill that process.

Note
Sigar requires you to copy some native libraries onto the machine you intend to run this on. I tested this using Windows XP 32-bit OS.

Enjoy!

// Json

**Freaky Chris** · October 16th, 2009, 08:34 AM

I would indeed point towards JNI for a true control over what you are doing as appose to destroy(), but that is a quick fix.

Json's solution using Sigar, is infact a JNI example. However they have taken the time to develop the C code for a large array of operating systems, so that this API is portable. Providing you move files, which of course will always be the case if you use JNI....Hey that's why they invented installers.

So if you wish to use JNI, you can either:
1) Implement your own, (you will need to know C or C++) and spend time making it platform independant if it requires it. But you will get FULL control over how everything is done.

2) Use Sigar, which does all the hard work for you and is the lazy mans option, providing it has all the features you require!

Regards,
Chris

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