February 28

Linux: How to check in a bash script if something is running and exit if it is

You can use pidof -x if you know the process name, or kill -0 if you know the PID.

Example:

if pidof -x rsync >/dev/null
then
    echo "Rsync is already running"
    exit 1fi

By: rodion and mmoya


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Posted February 28, 2014 by Timothy Conrad in category "Linux

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