Arguments: sym &key abbrev
This function returns the process whose process-name is
name. name must be a string
or a symbol, in which case the print-name is used. If the
abbrev keyword argument is specified
true, then name is matched to the
beginning of each process-name to find a match. The
abbrev argument defaults to nil.
On machines using the non-os-threads model (in 5.0/5.0.1, UNIX platforms), if no process is found whose name is name (or, if abbrev is true, whose name begins with name), an error is signaled.
On machines using the os-threads model (in
5.0/5.0.1, Windows machines), if no process is found whose name is
name (or, if abbrev is true,
whose name begins with name), an error is
signaled if error is unspecified or true, and
nil is returned if error is
specified nil.
See multiprocessing.htm for general information on multiprocessing in Allegro CL. The distinction between the os-threads and the non-os-threads models is described in that document.
The documentation is described in introduction.htm and the index is in index.htm.
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Created 2000.10.5.