Function kill_process

bota/src/bota/vm.py:571–598

Terminates all processes matching the given name. Args: name (str): The name of the process to terminate. Behavior: - Iterates through all processes to find those matching the given name. - Extracts the process ID (PID) and sends a SIGKILL signal to terminate it.

(name)

        return None

def kill_process(name):
    """
    Terminates all processes matching the given name.

    Args:
    name (str): The name of the process to terminate.

    Behavior:
    - Iterates through all processes to find those matching the given name.
    - Extracts the process ID (PID) and sends a SIGKILL signal to terminate it.
    - If an error occurs during termination, it prints an error message.

    Note:
    This function uses the `ps` command to find processes and may not work on non-Unix systems.
    """
    import os, signal
    try:
        # iterating through each instance of the process
        for line in os.popen(f'ps ax | grep "usr/bin/{name}" | grep -v grep'): 
            fields = line.split()
            
            # extracting Process ID from the output
            pid = fields[0] 
            
            # terminating process 
            os.kill(int(pid), signal.SIGKILL) 
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error Encountered while killing {name}", e)