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Diffstat (limited to 'python/vyos/util.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | python/vyos/util.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py index 8b3de7999..11a75c14b 100644 --- a/python/vyos/util.py +++ b/python/vyos/util.py @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ # License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. import re +import psutil def colon_separated_to_dict(data_string, uniquekeys=False): @@ -63,3 +64,9 @@ def colon_separated_to_dict(data_string, uniquekeys=False): pass return data + +def process_running(pid_file): + """ Checks if a process with PID in pid_file is running """ + with open(pid_file, 'r') as f: + pid = f.read().strip() + return psutil.pid_exists(int(pid)) |