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How to kill a running process on windows from nodejs

I want to close chrome application on windows through nodejs.

Here what I did :

var ps = require('ps-node');
ps.lookup({ pid: 8092 }, function(err, resultList ) {
if (err) {
    throw new Error( err );
}

var process = resultList[ 0 ];

if( process ){

    console.log( 'PID: %s, COMMAND: %s, ARGUMENTS: %s', process.pid, process.command, process.arguments );
//process.kill(8092)
}
else {
    console.log( 'No such process found!' );
}

});

I am not able to kill the process. Can anyone suggest a way to do it. I tried process.exit() process.kill process.abort, but nothing worked for me. It would be great if you help me out.

Solution

  • just use ps.kill

    ps.kill('8092', function( err ) {
    if (err) {
        throw new Error( err );
    }
    else {
        console.log( 'Process with pid 8092 has been killed!');
    }
});

    you can check the documentation for more info