How to check if a MonoDevelop built application is running in Linux?

Asked Sep 05 '14 at 16:30

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I have a MonoDevelop application built in Red Hat Linux. The below command will start the mono application similar to a windows service

mono myMonoApp.exe

I need to check in my bash script if the above process is running or not?

For example, I will use the below command to check it for my C++ application that will return the PID of the process if it started already.

/usr/bin/pgrep -fx /usr/home/myapplication

I tried the pgrep command for the mono application, but its not working

/usr/bin/pgrep -fx /usr/home/myMonoApp.exe

The ps -ef | grep myMonoApp command returns the following:

usr11  5380  4845  2 11:52 pts/2    00:00:00 mono myMonoApp.exe

Thanks for your help

edited Sep 05 '14 at 16:51

asked Sep 05 '14 at 16:30

Ullan

What have you tried? What about that example pgrep doesn't work for this case? – Etan Reisner Sep 05 '14 at 16:42
I tried the same command (pgrep) but it didn't work. I also tried this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9117507/linux-unix-command-to-determine-if-process-is-running – Ullan Sep 05 '14 at 16:48
What pgrep command did you try that didn't work? Did you try pidof? How does the program show up in full ps output? – Etan Reisner Sep 05 '14 at 16:51
I have updated the question. I didn't try pidof. – Ullan Sep 05 '14 at 16:56
Thanks Etan Reisner, I have to use the pgrep command as "/usr/bin/prgrep -fx "mono myMonoApp.exe". Your questions actually provided the solution – Ullan Sep 05 '14 at 17:00
Are you trying to only have a single instance of the app running? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Sep 05 '14 at 17:01
yes, I am expecting only one instance of the app – Ullan Sep 05 '14 at 17:02

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