Stop a running script

[Trond Hoyem]

Hi

I have some system-scripts that takes several minutes to run. These are only ran by pressing the run button, so I have some control over when they are running.

But sometimes it would be good to be able to stop a script that is already running for some reason. Is this possible?

[admin]

Open scripting editor and get your script id (editor?id=123). Use this script to stop a running script with a certain id.

Code:

id = 123
os.execute('pkill -f "scripting-event.lua ' .. id .. ' "')

Note that this will work only for event scripts. For resident scripts use script.disable(script_name)

[buuuudzik]

How can I get script id in script? Is it some function available or I must get it from db?

[benanderson_475]

Open scripting editor and get your script id (editor?id=123). Use this script to stop a running script with a certain id.

Code:

id = 123
os.execute('pkill -f "scripting-event.lua ' .. id .. ' "')

Note that this will work only for event scripts. For resident scripts use script.disable(script_name)

for an event script, dose this kill all running instances for the event script?
And is it possible to check if there are running instances before using the above?

[admin]

As I've said - open the editor and you will see the id in the address bar.
   
Otherwise you will need db queries.

[admin]

Yes, this will stop all running instances. If you want to get PIDs of a certain event script, you can use this script:

Code:

id = 123
pids = io.readproc('pgrep -f "scripting-event.lua ' .. id .. ' "')
log(pids)