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Article #18030Re: How do I tell if program is already running before launching new instance?
From: fear1
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 00:00
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You will need some IPC method, I suggest sockets. The program could check for an active socket on another instance of the program before jumping into any critical operations. Will Williamson wrote: > > Is there a way to tell if an instance of a program is running in memory > before launching a new instance of the program. I need to make sure that > only 1 copy of the program is allowed to run on a computer. - Will > Williamson - Cherry Valley Networking.
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