How to get instance of a specific running process in Elixir?











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In elixir, if I invoke spawn to create a process but didn't store the process instance to a variable, how can I retrieve the instance of that PID again?



I know I can use Process.list() which will return all the processes running in the current node but is there a way to retrieve the instance of a specific PID?






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    The easiest way would be to either store the PID for future use, or name the process so you can reference it by that unique name (unique within a given node. Unless you registered globally, then it is unique across the entire erlang network).
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  • so if I did not name my PID, then there is no way to retrieve it?
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  • If you know the pid integer values, you can use pid/3 to get the instance. E.g. pid(0, 123, 4)
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In elixir, if I invoke spawn to create a process but didn't store the process instance to a variable, how can I retrieve the instance of that PID again?



I know I can use Process.list() which will return all the processes running in the current node but is there a way to retrieve the instance of a specific PID?






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    The easiest way would be to either store the PID for future use, or name the process so you can reference it by that unique name (unique within a given node. Unless you registered globally, then it is unique across the entire erlang network).
    – Justin Wood
    yesterday












  • so if I did not name my PID, then there is no way to retrieve it?
    – Supui Lam
    yesterday










  • If you know the pid integer values, you can use pid/3 to get the instance. E.g. pid(0, 123, 4)
    – Sheharyar
    yesterday













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In elixir, if I invoke spawn to create a process but didn't store the process instance to a variable, how can I retrieve the instance of that PID again?



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In elixir, if I invoke spawn to create a process but didn't store the process instance to a variable, how can I retrieve the instance of that PID again?



I know I can use Process.list() which will return all the processes running in the current node but is there a way to retrieve the instance of a specific PID?






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    The easiest way would be to either store the PID for future use, or name the process so you can reference it by that unique name (unique within a given node. Unless you registered globally, then it is unique across the entire erlang network).
    – Justin Wood
    yesterday












  • so if I did not name my PID, then there is no way to retrieve it?
    – Supui Lam
    yesterday










  • If you know the pid integer values, you can use pid/3 to get the instance. E.g. pid(0, 123, 4)
    – Sheharyar
    yesterday














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    The easiest way would be to either store the PID for future use, or name the process so you can reference it by that unique name (unique within a given node. Unless you registered globally, then it is unique across the entire erlang network).
    – Justin Wood
    yesterday












  • so if I did not name my PID, then there is no way to retrieve it?
    – Supui Lam
    yesterday










  • If you know the pid integer values, you can use pid/3 to get the instance. E.g. pid(0, 123, 4)
    – Sheharyar
    yesterday








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The easiest way would be to either store the PID for future use, or name the process so you can reference it by that unique name (unique within a given node. Unless you registered globally, then it is unique across the entire erlang network).
– Justin Wood
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The easiest way would be to either store the PID for future use, or name the process so you can reference it by that unique name (unique within a given node. Unless you registered globally, then it is unique across the entire erlang network).
– Justin Wood
yesterday














so if I did not name my PID, then there is no way to retrieve it?
– Supui Lam
yesterday




so if I did not name my PID, then there is no way to retrieve it?
– Supui Lam
yesterday












If you know the pid integer values, you can use pid/3 to get the instance. E.g. pid(0, 123, 4)
– Sheharyar
yesterday




If you know the pid integer values, you can use pid/3 to get the instance. E.g. pid(0, 123, 4)
– Sheharyar
yesterday












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The easiest way would be set a name for the process and retrieve it using Process.whereis/1.






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