On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Rainer Canavan <rainer.canavan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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` Or: kill -0 `cat /var/run/apache2.pid` which is likely "lighter". Regards, Yann. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx