[SOLVED] How to close external application or process from QT

mjzarrin

i need to close all browser of my system from QT.
It must be work on Windows and Linux. i found Qprocess. I searching hours for an example of using kill or terminate for external application like google chrome but failed. can anyone help me please.

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

You would first need to get a list of the current running instance using e.g. ps -A. You can then parse that to retrieve the PID's of the application you want to stop and then use that to send the proper kill command.

Hope it helps

mjzarrin

@SGaist
Thank you very much.
i find solution based on your idea and the program can close any external app with it's name.
thank you

SGaist

You're welcome !

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mjzarrin

@SGaist
Ok my dear friend.
Thank you again for your advise.