Running else loop once

Question

So i have a script with the code

import os
import subprocess
import psutil

def checkIfProcessRunning(processName):
'''
Check if there is any running process that contains the given name processName.
'''
#Iterate over the all the running process
for proc in psutil.process_iter():
    try:
        # Check if process name contains the given name string.
        if processName.lower() in proc.name().lower():
            return True
    except (psutil.NoSuchProcess, psutil.AccessDenied, psutil.ZombieProcess):
        pass
return False;

Then after executes

while True:
if checkIfProcessRunning('TDR'):
    print('TDR (tdr.exe) is running')
else:
    print('TDR (tdr.exe) is not running')
    subprocess.call("cmd /c data.vbs") # Executes other code

This whole script detects if the process tdr.exe is open or not, when the code detects that it isn't open i want it to open some other code but i want it to only do it once instead of looping.

Please fix the indentation of your code – Pranav Hosangadi Apr 13 '21 at 15:01 — Pranav Hosangadi, Apr 13 '21 at 15:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 13 '21 at 15:06

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Help me understand, the issue here is that after calling your "other code" a.k.a data.vbs while keeps on executing it? Add a break after subprocess.call("cmd /c data.vbs"). Or structure it like this:

while True:
    if not checkIfProcessRunning('TDR'):
        break
    print('TDR (tdr.exe) is running')

# Once we find TDR is dead, we execute our other code
print('TDR (tdr.exe) is not running')
subprocess.call("cmd /c data.vbs") # Executes other code

I hope this helps :D

answered Apr 13 '21 at 15:06

BoredMan

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i tried your trick and replaced the code, but after running i got the error `TypeError: checkIfProcessRunning() missing 1 required positional argument: 'processName'` – PackedUP32 Apr 13 '21 at 15:38
It seems that you did call checkIfProcessRunning without passing any arguments. – BoredMan Apr 13 '21 at 16:02

Running else loop once

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