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FindPROC()
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18 June 2002	FindPROC()
Author	Radimus
Action	Returns the PID of the requested process.
Syntax	FindPROC ($proc, optional $computer, optional $terminate)
Parameters	$proc (Required / String) name of the process / exe $computer (Optional / String) name of the target computer.. if blank it assumes local pc $terminate (Optional / String) whether or not to kill the process. any non-zero/null is accepted
Remarks	Usefull to kill local proceses, or in an admin script against remote PCs.
Returns	pid of the requested process
Dependencies	WMI
Examples	FindPROC("aim.exe",,1)
Source	FUNCTION FindPROC ($proc, OPTIONAL $computer, OPTIONAL $terminate) DIM $getobject, $select IF NOT $computer $computer=@wksta ENDIF $getobject="winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//$COMPUTER" $select="select * from Win32_Process where Name='$PROC'" FOR EACH $process IN GetObject("$GetObject").execquery("$select") IF $terminate $process.terminate ENDIF $findproc=$process.processid NEXT ENDFUNCTION ; - FindPROC -

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