Re: How to tell if a program is active?

[Pat Barber <MBOCEANSIDE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reger, Bill wrote:
> 
> I need to make sure that a particular program is running only once.  I do
> not want multiple occurrences of this program to be running.  I'm sure my
> mind is already on Thanksgiving time since I can't seem to figure out how I
> can check whether a certain program is active or not.  Can anyone help me?

This was beat to death on the list and I'm not sure anybody really had a
brillant idea that would be "easy" to put in place.. Check the archives
on this subject.. I might have missed the ultimate solution...
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