Process_checker

By Frederik Tollund Juutilainen for Obscura/Vertigo.

General purpose of process_checker as used in Sukkerkor_Watchdog and Wave_ProcessChecker. Reads a json file of process names and folder locations of apps. If a process of the given name is not running, the appropriate app is opened.

Process_list.json

process_list.json consists of JSON objects with two values process_name and app_location. process_name is the name of a process running, which can be found using Activity Monitor (OSX) or something similar. app_location is the path of the app which should be launched if a process isn't running.

Note that sometimes processes are still running even if the program isn't visibly running. Don't know if this is an issue yet.

Setup script

Created using python3 in a virtualenv. Create a new virtualenv and install dependencies using pip:

Setup a virtualenv using python3:

virtualenv -p python3 venv

Activate virtualenv:

source venv/bin/activate

Install requirements:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Run script:

python process_checker.py

To-do:

• Loop of processes could be more efficient.