From: x1 <caldridge@...>
Date: 2005-10-19T10:30:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Killing Threads & Processes on Windows

Thank you for the response.

I did find a hack using wscript that id like to share:

x = IO.popen("c:/program files/internet explorer/iexplore.exe")
x.pid
=> 3672
system("wscript.exe test.vbs")

I know this is a hack but can win32api not be used to make a ruby
implementation of this?
------------------------test.vbs--------------------
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject _
    ("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Process Where ProcessID = 3672")
For Each objProcess in colProcessList
    objProcess.Terminate()
Next
-----------------------/test.vbs----------------------------


Thx again!!

On 10/18/05, nobu.nokada@softhome.net <nobu.nokada@softhome.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:44:35 +0900,
> x1 wrote in [ruby-talk:161230]:
> > x = Thread.new { system("c:/program files/internet explorer/iexplore.exe") }
> > x.alive # Works
> >
> > why doesnt x.kill actually "kill" internet explorer? When I think of
> > kill, I think of "gone" as in *nix gone.
>
> A thread and a process spawned within it are not related.
>
> > x = IO.popen("c:/program files/internet explorer/iexplore.exe")
> > x.close
>
> IO#close try to send a signal to the process, however, the
> problem is no signal mechanism across processes on Windows,
> unless the target has a console.
>
> --
> Nobu Nakada
>
>