+ local -a patterns=("${@}")
+ mkdir $TEST_TEMP/grid_logs &>/dev/null
+ local PID_DUMP="$(mktemp "$TMP/zz_pidlist.XXXXXX")"
+ local -a PIDS_SOUGHT
+ if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
+ # needs to be a windows format filename for 'type' to work.
+ if [ ! -d c:/tmp ]; then
+ mkdir c:/tmp
+ fi
+ # windows7 magical mystery tour lets us create a file c:\\tmp_pids.txt, but then it's not
+ # really there in the root of drive c: when we look for it later. hoping to fix that
+ # problem by using a subdir, which also might be magical thinking from windows perspective.
+ tmppid=c:\\tmp\\pids.txt
+ # we have abandoned all hope of relying on ps on windows. instead we use wmic to get full
+ # command lines for processes.
+ wmic /locale:ms_409 PROCESS get processid,commandline </dev/null >"$tmppid"
+ local flag='/c'
+ if [ ! -z "$(uname -a | grep "^MING" )" ]; then
+ flag='//c'
+ fi
+ # we 'type' the file to get rid of the unicode result from wmic.
+ cmd $flag type "$tmppid" >$PID_DUMP
+ \rm "$tmppid"
+# local CR='
+#' # embedded carriage return.
+# local appropriate_pattern="s/^.* *\([0-9][0-9]*\)[ $CR]*\$/\1/p"
+ local appropriate_pattern="s/^.* *\([0-9][0-9]*\) *\$/\1/p"
+ for i in "${patterns[@]}"; do
+ PIDS_SOUGHT+=($(cat $PID_DUMP \
+ | grep -i "$i" \
+ | sed -n -e "$appropriate_pattern"))
+ done
+ else
+ /bin/ps $extra_flags wuax >$PID_DUMP