Prozessbetrachter

Description & documentation

The Prozessbetrachter is a tool for taking a closer look at a process.

• when was it started
• when is it active
• how much memory does it use
• what is the exact program path
• and much more

The Prozessbetrachter can also be used on the command line to monitor processes, in order to issue a warning when a process is still running but has not been active for a certain time.
For example: a browser is open and is supposed to reload a page every 2 minutes. To monitor this, line 6 of input.txt must contain the entry:

chrome#120

If, after 2 minutes, Chrome has done nothing, the file prozess_output.txt is written to, recording since when the process Chrome.exe has no longer been active.

This is how it's done:
The first parameter is a file name of a text file.

The 2nd parameter is a 0 or a 1. This switches debug mode on (1) or off (0).

So the whole thing looks like this:
ProgrammTest.exe input.txt 0

The file input.txt is structured as follows:

The structure (first 5 lines) must be kept this way.

Line 2 specifies a file name that serves as temporary storage (always a *.xml file!)
Line 4 contains the specification of a file into which the result is written.

Each time the program is now started in the console with these parameters, it checks whether a warning is written to the file or not and then exits again. In doing so, it evaluates the temporary storage file (xml).

The prozess_output.txt can then, for example, be further evaluated by other monitoring systems (e.g. PRTG).

Then simply have the Prozessbetrachter called again regularly via the Task Scheduler.

Based on: .NET 6.0

System requirements

• Microsoft Windows
• .NET 6 Runtime

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