dev/monitor_parent.erl

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-module(monitor_parent).

-export([start/0]).

start() ->
    {ok, [[PPid]]} = init:get_argument(parent_pid),
    spawn(fun() -> monitor_parent(PPid) end).

monitor_parent(PPid) ->
    timer:sleep(1000),
    case os:type() of
        {unix, _} ->
            case os:cmd("kill -0 " ++ PPid) of
                "" ->
                    monitor_parent(PPid);
                _Else ->
                    % Assume _Else is a no such process error
                    init:stop()
            end;
        {win32, _} ->
            Fmt = "tasklist /fi \"PID eq ~s\" /fo csv /nh",
            Retval = os:cmd(io_lib:format(Fmt, [PPid])),
            case re:run(Retval, "^\"python.exe\",*") of
                {match, _} ->
                    monitor_parent(PPid);
                nomatch ->
                    init:stop()
            end
    end.