Hi all,

I'd like to check if a specific process with a given pid exists. I went
through the archives of the mailing list and I found a message dated in
2001, with this piece of code :

Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/bin/kill -0 " + pid);
p.waitFor();
boolean alive = p.exitValue() == 0;

I tried it, but I get an IOException :

java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: \bin\kill -0 3828 error=3
    at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
    at ProcessExistence.Check.check(Check.java:10)
    at ProcessExistence.Check.main(Check.java:37)

I am using windows XP.

Any idea?

Thank you !

N.