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rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   2. Re: Best way to check if a certain program is running
>      (David Gibbs)
>
>Malchow, Grizzly wrote:
>> I'm trying to find a command or API that I can use that will let me know
>> if a program is currently running. Does anyone know of one that I could
>> use in a program that would do that? The command or API will need to
>> take place behind the scenes, so I'm not looking for an interactive
>> command. 
>
>In the current job or another job?

Actually executing instructions or just anywhere in a call stack? Only in 
active activation groups or merely in an activation group that hasn't been 
reclaimed yet?

I.e., what exactly is meant by "running"? Or maybe better, what need is being 
addressed? There may be alternatives that can be used.

Tom Liotta

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