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Re: [bagder/curl] efa548: ftp.pm: Made Perl testsuite able to kill Windows p...

From: Marc Hoersken <info_at_marc-hoersken.de>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 12:49:07 +0200

Hi Gisle,

2013/4/6 Gisle Vanem <gvanem_at_broadpark.no>:
>> ftp.pm: Made Perl testsuite able to kill Windows processes
>
>
> This patch uses a tool from Windows-XP Professional:
> system("taskkill $filter >nul 2>&1");
>
> I run Windows-XP Home and have no such tool. AFAICS,
> one cannot get this from MS w/o having a pro version.
> Isn't there a better alternative (like pskill)?

I am currently testing on Windows 7, so I was not sure if it's
available on earlier versions. Thanks for the input. I will have to
see if there is a better command to check and kill PIDs.

The problem with pskill is that it would have to be manually installed
by test users.

Best regards,
Marc
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