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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/util.py6
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diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py
index d5cd46a6c..59f9f1c44 100644
--- a/python/vyos/util.py
+++ b/python/vyos/util.py
@@ -804,3 +804,9 @@ def make_incremental_progressbar(increment: float):
# Ignore further calls.
while True:
yield
+
+def is_systemd_service_running(service):
+ """ Test is a specified systemd service is actually running.
+ Returns True if service is running, false otherwise. """
+ tmp = run(f'systemctl is-active --quiet {service}')
+ return bool((tmp == 0))