#!/usr/bin/python3 # -*- mode: python -*- # # This file is part of Plinth. # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as # published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the # License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU Affero General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # """ Python action utility functions """ import subprocess def service_is_running(servicename): """Evaluates whether a service is currently running. Returns boolean""" try: output = subprocess.check_output(['service', servicename, 'status']) except subprocess.CalledProcessError: # Usually if a service is not running we get a status code != 0 and # thus a CalledProcessError return False else: running = False # default value for line in output.decode('utf-8').split('\n'): if 'Active' in line and 'running' in line: running = True break return running