Killing a process using Java

Question

I would like to know how to \"kill\" a process that has started up. I am aware of the Process API, but I am not sure, If I can use that to \"kill\" an already running proces

Answer 1

You can kill a (SIGTERM) a windows process that was started from Java by calling the destroy method on the Process object. You can also kill any child Processes (since Java 9).

The following code starts a batch file, waits for ten seconds then kills all sub-processes and finally kills the batch process itself.

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("cmd /c my_script.bat"));
Process p = pb.start();
p.waitFor(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

p.descendants().forEach(ph -> {
    ph.destroy();
});

p.destroy();

Answer 2

Try it:

String command = "killall <your_proccess>";
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
p.destroy();

if the process is still alive, add:

p.destroyForcibly();