Python library for Linux process management [closed]

Answer 1

I'd use PSutil. To provide a practical example:

import psutil

for proc in psutil.get_process_list():
    if proc.username == 'yourusername':
        if myappname in proc.cmdline:
            print 'App is running'

Alternatively, Red Hat use and maintain a Python module called python-linux-procfs , which natively parses /proc, to manage processes. it's not very well publicized, but provides some additional Linux-specific features (eg, scheduling class) which are sometimes useful.

http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=python-linux-procfs.git