def pid_exists(pid):
    """
    Check whether pid exists in the current process table.

    stole from https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/psutil/_psposix.py
    """

    if os.name == 'nt':
        # check the output of TASKLIST command
        returncode, stdout, stderr = capture_command(['TASKLIST', '/FO', 'CSV', '/NH', '/FI', 'PID eq %d' % pid])
        return stdout[:1] == b'"'
    else:
        if pid == 0:
            # According to "man 2 kill" PID 0 has a special meaning:
            # it refers to <<every process in the process group of the
            # calling process>> so we don't want to go any further.
            # If we get here it means this UNIX platform *does* have
            # a process with id 0.
            return True
        try:
            os.kill(pid, 0)
        except OSError as err:
            if err.errno == errno.ESRCH:
                # ESRCH == No such process
                return False
            elif err.errno == errno.EPERM:
                # EPERM clearly means there's a process to deny access to
                return True
            else:
                # According to "man 2 kill" possible error values are
                # (EINVAL, EPERM, ESRCH) therefore we should never get
                # here. If we do let's be explicit in considering this
                # an error.
                raise err
        else:
            return True
def pid_exists ( pid ) : if os . name == 'nt' : returncode , stdout , stderr = capture_command ( [ 'TASKLIST' , '/FO' , 'CSV' , '/NH' , '/FI' , 'PID eq %d' % pid ] ) return stdout [ : 1 ] == b'"' else : if pid == 0 : return True try : os . kill ( pid , 0 ) except OSError as err : if err . errno == errno . ESRCH : return False elif err . errno == errno . EPERM : return True else : raise err else : return True
Check whether pid exists in the current process table.

    stole from https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/psutil/_psposix.py