On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Tom Browder <tom.browder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I need to programatically determine whether httpd is running or not, whether > I'm root or not. The only reliable way I have found is to use the system > command 'ps -C httpd' and grep the results. > > Is there a better way? If you know where the .pid file is, you can read that and check if the process is running, e.g. via ps --pid `cat /var/run/apache2.pid` rainer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx