Python library for Linux process management [closed]

Answer 1

The os module is probably your friend. There's os.kill, for instance to kill a process.

In terms of getting a list of processes, you'll probably want to shell out to the ps command. This question has more information on that.

Answer 2

To start/stop python sub processes you can use the subprocess module. To check whether they are running you might use psutil:

>>> import psutil
>>> pid = 1034  # some pid
>>> psutil.pid_exists(pid)
True
>>>

...or this (it will also check if the PID has been reused):

>>> p = psutil.Process(pid)
>>> p.is_running()
True
>>>