pmflow 1.2.3

Manages processes

PMFlow

This is a simple process managing tool

This tools keeps the information of the processes it manages in a json file created at it's installation location

Installation

pip install pmflow

Commands

<^> Main commands

create: Creates a new process

Required arguments:

• command: str (default: None)

Optional arguments:

• --name or -n : str (default: None)
• --group or -g : str (default: process_id)
• --relation or -r : "parent" | "child" (default: "parent")
• --verbose or -v: (default: false)

Note: A child process must have a group name and the group must have a parent process.

Example:

pm create "<command>"
or
pm create "<command>" -n "<process name>" -g "<group name>" -r "child"

ls: List all managed processes

Optional arguments:

• --json or -j: bool (default: false)
• --group or -g: str (default: None)
• --running or -r: bool (default: false) Example:

pm ls
pm ls -j
pm ls -g <group_name>
pm ls -j -g <group_name>
pm ls -r 

kill: Kill process, kills the process and also removes it from the json file.

Optional arguments:

• pid (no flag needed): int (default: 0) kills one process if it's a child process. Otherwise, kills the terminates
• --group or -g: str (default: None) kills one group if exist
• --child or -c: bool (default: False) kills all child process in a group
• --all or -a : bool (default: false) kills all the process

Note: Other than -c only one options can be used at a time. -c flag must be used with -g

Example:

pm kill <PID>
pm -g <group_name>
pm -a

<^> Additional commands

Recreate all process managed by the tool:

pm recreate

Pause a process

pm pause <PID>

respawn all paused process

pm respawn