ProcessGuard Library

The ProcessGuard library provides a set of functions to manage, monitor, and guard processes on your system.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Functions
• Contributing
• License

Installation

To install the ProcessGuard library, you can use pip:

pip install ProcessGuard

Usage

Import the functions you need from ProcessGuard in your Python script:

from ProcessGuard import *

# Use the functions from the library
# ...

1. Check if Notepad is running:

   if is_running("notepad.exe"):
       print("Notepad is running.")
   else:
       print("Notepad is not running.")

2. Start a process with arguments (Notepad with a text file):

   start_with_arguments("notepad.exe", ["path/to/textfile.txt"])

3. Monitor a process:

   monitored_process = "chrome.exe"
   monitor_process(monitored_process, interval=10)

4. "Run Always" for a process:

   process_name = "notepad.exe"
   process_path = r"C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe"
   guard(process_name, process_path, True, 0.1)

Functions

• is_running(process_name): Check if a process is currently running.
• start(process_path): Start a process.
• terminate(process_name): Terminate a process.
• guard(process_name, process_path, closetaskmanager, interval): Guard and monitor a process.
• list_running(): List all currently running processes.
• get_memory_usage(process_name): Get memory usage of a process.
• get_cpu_usage(process_name): Get CPU usage of a process.
• kill_all(process_name): Terminate all instances of a process.
• restart(process_name, process_path): Restart a process.
• count_running(): Count the number of running processes.
• get_process(process_name): Get details of a specific process.
• monitor_process(process_name, interval): Monitor the status of a process.
• start_with_arguments(process_path, arguments): Start a process with arguments.

For more examples, check the examples directory in this repository.

Contributing

Contributions to the ProcessGuard library are welcome! Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.